Re: A confusion in kernel module concepts and a problem case

2010-06-21 Thread Pei Lin
2010/6/20 Shaz : > > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Joel Fernandes > wrote: >> >> > If a kernel code requires an external loadable module then will it get >> > loaded automatically? >> >> Yes it will be, after you install a module, depmod is run which >> generates a file called modules.dep . m

Re: How to port linux drivers ftom devfs to udev.

2010-06-21 Thread Greg KH
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 01:27:05PM -0700, StephanT wrote: > Hello, > > Is there any User Guide, Tutorial, FAQ, example which explains how to > port a 2.4 devfs driver to a 2.6 udev one. What type of "devfs driver"? You shouldn't need to do anything other than the "normal" 2.4 to 2.6 porting. Do

Re: how to extract vmlinux from vmlinuz?

2010-06-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010, George Kadianakis wrote: > "Robert P. J. Day" writes: > > > i know i've asked this before but is there a way to extract the > > original vmlinux kernel executable from the corresponding vmlinuz file > > that's installed in /boot? that would require stripping the piggyback

Re: how to extract vmlinux from vmlinuz?

2010-06-21 Thread George Kadianakis
"Robert P. J. Day" writes: > i know i've asked this before but is there a way to extract the > original vmlinux kernel executable from the corresponding vmlinuz file > that's installed in /boot? that would require stripping the piggyback > header and decompression code and so on, but i was won

how to extract vmlinux from vmlinuz?

2010-06-21 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i know i've asked this before but is there a way to extract the original vmlinux kernel executable from the corresponding vmlinuz file that's installed in /boot? that would require stripping the piggyback header and decompression code and so on, but i was wondering if there's a single utility o