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<sect1 id="ch-system-kmod" role="wrap">
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  <title>Kmod-&kmod-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod">
    <primary sortas="a-Kmod">Kmod</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <para>The Kmod package contains programs for loading, inserting
      and removing kernel modules for Linux. Kmod replaces the 
      Module-Init-tools package.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Kmod</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare Kmod for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc \
    --with-rootlibdir=/lib --disable-manpages \
    --with-zlib --with-xz</userinput></screen>

    <variablelist os="c">
      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-rootlibdir=/lib</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Install location for shared libraries.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><parameter>--with-zlib --with-xz</parameter></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>This allows the Kmod package to handle zlib and XZ
            compressed kernel modules.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>

<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="f">To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput></para>

    <para os="g">Install the package:</para>

<screen os="h"><userinput>make install
make -C man install</userinput></screen>

    <para os="i">Create symbolic links for programs that expect Module-Init-Tools.</para>

<screen os="j"><userinput>ln -sv kmod /bin/lsmod
ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/depmod
ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/insmod
ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/modprobe
ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/modinfo
ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/rmmod</userinput></screen>
  
  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-kmod" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Kmod</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>depmod, insmod, kmod, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and
        rmmod</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="depmod">
        <term><command>depmod</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in
          the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
          <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
          modules</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod depmod">
            <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="insmod">
        <term><command>insmod</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod insmod">
            <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="kmod">
        <term><command>kmod</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Loads and unloads kernel modules</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod kmod">
            <primary sortas="b-kmod">kmod</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lsmod">
        <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod lsmod">
            <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="modinfo">
        <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
          displays any information that it can glean</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modinfo">
            <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="modprobe">
        <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>,
          to automatically load relevant modules</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modprobe">
            <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rmmod">
        <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod rmmod">
            <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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