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[7f2a588]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
[aa18ac0]2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
[3f8be484]4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
[e5ca6b9d]8<sect1 id="ch-system-kmod" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="kmod.html"?>
[3f8be484]10
[e5ca6b9d]11 <title>Kmod-&kmod-version;</title>
[3f8be484]12
[e5ca6b9d]13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod">
14 <primary sortas="a-Kmod">Kmod</primary>
[3f8be484]15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
[e5ca6b9d]20 <para>The Kmod package contains programs for loading, inserting
21 and removing kernel modules for Linux. Kmod replaces the
22 Module-Init-tools package.</para>
[3f8be484]23
24 </sect2>
25
26 <sect2 role="installation">
[e5ca6b9d]27 <title>Installation of Kmod</title>
[3f8be484]28
[e5ca6b9d]29 <para os="a">Prepare Kmod for compilation:</para>
[8ac1263]30
[e5ca6b9d]31<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
32 --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc \
[a81e2bd]33 --with-rootlibdir=/lib --disable-manpages \
[e5ca6b9d]34 --with-zlib --with-xz</userinput></screen>
[8ac1263]35
[e5ca6b9d]36 <variablelist os="c">
[da0b4a3]37 <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
[3f8be484]38
39 <varlistentry>
[e5ca6b9d]40 <term><parameter>--with-rootlibdir=/lib</parameter></term>
41 <listitem>
42 <para>Install location for shared libraries.</para>
43 </listitem>
44 </varlistentry>
45
46 <varlistentry>
47 <term><parameter>--with-zlib --with-xz</parameter></term>
[3f8be484]48 <listitem>
[e5ca6b9d]49 <para>This allows the Kmod package to handle zlib and XZ
50 compressed kernel modules.</para>
[3f8be484]51 </listitem>
52 </varlistentry>
53
54 </variablelist>
55
[e5ca6b9d]56 <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
57
58<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]59
[e5ca6b9d]60 <para os="f">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput></para>
[c6c6c35]61
[e5ca6b9d]62 <para os="g">Install the package:</para>
[3f8be484]63
[a81e2bd]64<screen os="h"><userinput>make install
65make -C man install</userinput></screen>
[e69b20a]66
[e5ca6b9d]67 <para os="i">Create symbolic links for programs that expect Module-Init-Tools.</para>
68
[bafe4be]69<screen os="j"><userinput>ln -sfv kmod /bin/lsmod
[6e972e1]70ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/depmod
71ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/insmod
72ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/modprobe
73ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/modinfo
74ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/rmmod</userinput></screen>
[e5ca6b9d]75
[3f8be484]76 </sect2>
77
[e5ca6b9d]78 <sect2 id="contents-kmod" role="content">
79 <title>Contents of Kmod</title>
[3f8be484]80
81 <segmentedlist>
82 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
83
84 <seglistitem>
[2b220db9]85 <seg>depmod, insmod, kmod, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and
[188b6b2]86 rmmod</seg>
[3f8be484]87 </seglistitem>
88 </segmentedlist>
89
90 <variablelist>
91 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
92 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
93 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
94
95 <varlistentry id="depmod">
96 <term><command>depmod</command></term>
97 <listitem>
98 <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in
99 the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
100 <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
101 modules</para>
[e5ca6b9d]102 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod depmod">
[3f8be484]103 <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
104 </indexterm>
105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
108 <varlistentry id="insmod">
109 <term><command>insmod</command></term>
110 <listitem>
111 <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
[e5ca6b9d]112 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod insmod">
[3f8be484]113 <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
114 </indexterm>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
117
[2b220db9]118 <varlistentry id="kmod">
119 <term><command>kmod</command></term>
120 <listitem>
121 <para>Loads and unloads kernel modules</para>
122 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod kmod">
123 <primary sortas="b-kmod">kmod</primary>
124 </indexterm>
125 </listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127
[3f8be484]128 <varlistentry id="lsmod">
129 <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
130 <listitem>
131 <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
[e5ca6b9d]132 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod lsmod">
[3f8be484]133 <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
134 </indexterm>
135 </listitem>
136 </varlistentry>
137
138 <varlistentry id="modinfo">
139 <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
140 <listitem>
141 <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
142 displays any information that it can glean</para>
[e5ca6b9d]143 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modinfo">
[3f8be484]144 <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
145 </indexterm>
146 </listitem>
147 </varlistentry>
148
149 <varlistentry id="modprobe">
150 <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
151 <listitem>
152 <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>,
153 to automatically load relevant modules</para>
[e5ca6b9d]154 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modprobe">
[3f8be484]155 <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
156 </indexterm>
157 </listitem>
158 </varlistentry>
159
160 <varlistentry id="rmmod">
161 <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
[e5ca6b9d]164 <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod rmmod">
[3f8be484]165 <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
166 </indexterm>
167 </listitem>
168 </varlistentry>
169
170 </variablelist>
171
172 </sect2>
173
174</sect1>
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