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: A confusion in kernel module concepts and a problem case

2010-06-20 Thread 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 . modules.dep lists all > dependenci

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

2010-06-19 Thread Joel Fernandes
> 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 . modules.dep lists all dependencies for every module. These dependencies are then automatically loa

A confusion in kernel module concepts and a problem case

2010-06-19 Thread Shaz
Dear all, If a kernel code requires an external loadable module then will it get loaded automatically? If the code requires the kernel module much earlier than the filesystem is loaded and the module is made available than I should provide it earlier. This should require to make the external modul