RE: modules for different machines

2009-07-12 Thread Matthew Burgess
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:42:54 -0400, "Dave" wrote: > Hi, > Thanks. What i don't think i made clear is i currently have a > monolithic kernel running on lfs 6.4. If i made that kernel in to a > modular > kernel and compiled all the sound drivers as modules, then took that disk > and dropped it

RE: modules for different machines

2009-07-12 Thread Simon Geard
On Sat, 2009-07-11 at 23:42 -0400, Dave wrote: > how would the kernel autodetect the new hardware, the audio cards > wouldn't be the same, and load appropriate modules? It just would. The kernel knows what hardware is present, and the driver modules know which hardware they support. All that's ne

RE: modules for different machines

2009-07-11 Thread Dave
M To: blfs-support@linuxfromscratch.org Subject: Re: modules for different machines On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:40:54 -0400 "Dave" wrote: > Hello, > I'm wondering how to do module autoloading? I've got an lfs system > that has in it an ES1371 audio card. This machine has

Re: modules for different machines

2009-07-11 Thread David Jensen
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:40:54 -0400 "Dave" wrote: > Hello, > I'm wondering how to do module autoloading? I've got an lfs > system that has in it an ES1371 audio card. This machine has a > monolithic kernel and i wanted to go modular. If i would dump this > lfs to another disk, take that disk

Re: modules for different machines

2009-07-11 Thread Ken Moffat
2009/7/11 Dave : > Hello, >        I'm wondering how to do module autoloading? I've got an lfs system > that has in it an ES1371 audio card. This machine has a monolithic kernel > and i wanted to go modular. If i would dump this lfs to another disk, take > that disk and put in another machine with