Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?
As a not for long time Linux (debian) user I'm totally confused about loading kernel modules in Kernel 2.6.0. I figured out that Kernel 2.6.0 uses module-init-tools. I dought that this will autodetect needed modules at boot time and then load them. False? Is it correct that modules I wish to load at boot time need still be listed in /etc/modules? Are they other ways to load modules? Sorry but I now googled for days and couldn't find a documentation about modules in Kernel 2.6.0 that could me explain these things in an easy (for my bad brain) way. Does anybody know such a documentation. Thx for any comment or response Pascal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 05:29:34PM +0100, Pascal Seiler wrote: As a not for long time Linux (debian) user I'm totally confused about loading kernel modules in Kernel 2.6.0. I figured out that Kernel 2.6.0 uses module-init-tools. I dought that this will autodetect needed modules at boot time and then load them. False? module-init-tools? Is it correct that modules I wish to load at boot time need still be listed in /etc/modules? Are they other ways to load modules? true enough, but you probably need to bake your own kernel to select whatever modules are lacking. Sorry but I now googled for days and couldn't find a documentation about modules in Kernel 2.6.0 that could me explain these things in an easy (for my bad brain) way. Does anybody know such a documentation. Thx for any comment or response Pascal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [DEB-USER] Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 05:29:34PM +0100, Pascal Seiler wrote: As a not for long time Linux (debian) user I'm totally confused about loading kernel modules in Kernel 2.6.0. I figured out that Kernel 2.6.0 uses module-init-tools. I dought that this will autodetect needed modules at boot time and then load them. False? Is it correct that modules I wish to load at boot time need still be listed in /etc/modules? Are they other ways to load modules? I don't know how Debian will be setting it up in the future, but for kernel 2.6, the module handling is different. Instead of /etc/modules.conf, 2.6 uses a file called /etc/modprobe.conf, with a slightly different syntax. With the module-init-tools package (which I presume is part of the 2.6 bundle), there is a script that converts your /etc/modules.conf to /etc/modprobe.conf. Likewise, with the documentation for that package, it briefly explains the differences in the two formats. I have not done all this myself. I saw a post about it, and decided to check it out in advance of installing a 2.6 kernel. I downloaded the module-init-tools package and examined its docs and the script I mentioned. If you google for module-init-tools, you'll find where to download it. Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?
Documentation on how to load modules in 2.6.0 on Debian is a mess. Don't be too hard on Debian. Things have changed in 2.6.0, and it's true that the docs haven't caught up yet. But this isn't surprising. Give the maintainers some more time to catch up. Meanwhile here's what I've figured out: For kernel 2.4 and below, modprobe et al. were provided by the modutils package. For 2.6 and above, now it's module-init-tools. The module-init-tools are compatible with the new module loader in 2.6, and also backwards compatible with kernel 2.4 and earlier. (In fact they just call the old modutils if they detect a 2.4 kernel). The modutils are still there (if you still have modutils installed), but they've been renamed, e.g. update-modules to update-modules.modutils. With modutils, I put alias and option file fragments into /etc/modutils. update-modules would assemble the parts into /etc/modules.conf and then run depmod -a to update /lib/modules/kernel version/modules.dep. With module-init-tools, alias and option file fragments now go into /etc/ modprobe.d. (One set can also be put into /etc/modprobe.conf.) update-modules now generates /lib/modules/modprobe.conf, which kernel 2.6 apparently wants to see. It also still maintains /etc/modules.conf. Now that we're using module-init-tools, it would be nice to get rid of modutils, to cut down on the amount of this junk. I find it confusing to have both sets of files present at once, and I'm sure I'm not alone. But in my case hotplug still depends on modutils, so for now I'm stuck with it. See also: /usr/share/doc/module-init-tools/FAQ /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/799 - How to upgrade to 2.6 Hope that helps. Andrew. -- To reply by email, change deadspam.com to alumni.utexas.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 2.6.0 + where is /etc/modules?
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 11:06:46AM -0700, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Trying to load a sound module that was in /etc/modules in 2.4.21 as cs4232. /etc/modules is no longer used in 2.6.0. Everything in the Debian Manual refers to /etc/modules. Just as an aside, /etc/modules wasn't used in 2.4.x or 2.2.x, either. It's a Debian-ism. Modules listed there are loaded during boot by the /etc/init.d/modutils script (beginning at line 16 of that script). If you had your modules set up properly, you wouldn't need to use /etc/modules. It's a crutch. I have no idea whatsoever if that script still exists if you're using the module-init-tools package to support 2.6.x, nor do I care. I'm not about to run 2.6, nor will I until there's some demonstrated advantage in it. Your mileage may vary. -- Marc Wilson | Yow! I want my nose in lights! [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
