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5 | %general-entities; |
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6 | ]> |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-kmod" role="wrap"> |
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="kmod.html"?> |
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10 | |
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11 | <title>Kmod-&kmod-version;</title> |
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12 | |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod"> |
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Kmod">Kmod</primary> |
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15 | </indexterm> |
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16 | |
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17 | <sect2 role="package"> |
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18 | <title/> |
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19 | |
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20 | <para>The Kmod package contains programs for loading, inserting |
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21 | and removing kernel modules for Linux. Kmod replaces the |
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22 | Module-Init-tools package.</para> |
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23 | |
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24 | </sect2> |
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25 | |
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26 | <sect2 role="installation"> |
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27 | <title>Installation of Kmod</title> |
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28 | |
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29 | <para os="a">Prepare Kmod for compilation:</para> |
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30 | |
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31 | <screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \ |
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32 | --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc \ |
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33 | --with-rootlibdir=/lib \ |
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34 | --with-zlib --with-xz</userinput></screen> |
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35 | |
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36 | <variablelist os="c"> |
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37 | <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title> |
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38 | |
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39 | <varlistentry> |
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40 | <term><parameter>--with-rootlibdir=/lib</parameter></term> |
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41 | <listitem> |
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42 | <para>Install location for shared libraries.</para> |
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43 | </listitem> |
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44 | </varlistentry> |
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45 | |
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46 | <varlistentry> |
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47 | <term><parameter>--with-zlib --with-xz</parameter></term> |
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48 | <listitem> |
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49 | <para>This allows the Kmod package to handle zlib and XZ |
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50 | compressed kernel modules.</para> |
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51 | </listitem> |
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52 | </varlistentry> |
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53 | |
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54 | </variablelist> |
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55 | |
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56 | <para os="d">Compile the package:</para> |
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57 | |
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58 | <screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen> |
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59 | |
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60 | <para os="f">To test the results, issue:</para> |
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61 | |
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62 | <screen os="f2"><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen> |
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63 | |
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64 | <para os="g">Install the package:</para> |
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65 | |
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66 | <screen os="h"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> |
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67 | |
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68 | <para os="i">Create symbolic links for programs that expect Module-Init-Tools:</para> |
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69 | |
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70 | <screen os="j"><userinput>ln -sfv kmod /bin/lsmod |
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71 | for tool in depmod insmod modinfo modprobe rmmod; do |
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72 | ln -sfv ../bin/kmod /sbin/${tool} |
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73 | done</userinput></screen> |
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74 | |
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75 | </sect2> |
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76 | |
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77 | <sect2 id="contents-kmod" role="content"> |
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78 | <title>Contents of Kmod</title> |
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79 | |
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80 | <segmentedlist> |
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81 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> |
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82 | |
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83 | <seglistitem> |
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84 | <seg>depmod (link to kmod), insmod (link to kmod), kmod, |
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85 | lsmod (link to kmod), modinfo (link to kmod), modprobe (link to kmod), |
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86 | rmmod (link to kmod) </seg> |
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87 | </seglistitem> |
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88 | </segmentedlist> |
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89 | |
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90 | <variablelist> |
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91 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> |
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92 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> |
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93 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> |
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94 | |
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95 | <varlistentry id="depmod"> |
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96 | <term><command>depmod</command></term> |
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97 | <listitem> |
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98 | <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in |
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99 | the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by |
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100 | <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required |
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101 | modules</para> |
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102 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod depmod"> |
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103 | <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary> |
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104 | </indexterm> |
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105 | </listitem> |
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106 | </varlistentry> |
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107 | |
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108 | <varlistentry id="insmod"> |
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109 | <term><command>insmod</command></term> |
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110 | <listitem> |
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111 | <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para> |
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112 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod insmod"> |
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113 | <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary> |
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114 | </indexterm> |
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115 | </listitem> |
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116 | </varlistentry> |
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117 | |
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118 | <varlistentry id="kmod"> |
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119 | <term><command>kmod</command></term> |
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120 | <listitem> |
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121 | <para>Loads and unloads kernel modules</para> |
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122 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod kmod"> |
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123 | <primary sortas="b-kmod">kmod</primary> |
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124 | </indexterm> |
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125 | </listitem> |
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126 | </varlistentry> |
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127 | |
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128 | <varlistentry id="lsmod"> |
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129 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term> |
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130 | <listitem> |
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131 | <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para> |
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132 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod lsmod"> |
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133 | <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary> |
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134 | </indexterm> |
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135 | </listitem> |
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136 | </varlistentry> |
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137 | |
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138 | <varlistentry id="modinfo"> |
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139 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term> |
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140 | <listitem> |
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141 | <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and |
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142 | displays any information that it can glean</para> |
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143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modinfo"> |
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144 | <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary> |
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145 | </indexterm> |
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146 | </listitem> |
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147 | </varlistentry> |
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148 | |
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149 | <varlistentry id="modprobe"> |
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150 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term> |
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151 | <listitem> |
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152 | <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>, |
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153 | to automatically load relevant modules</para> |
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154 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod modprobe"> |
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155 | <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary> |
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156 | </indexterm> |
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157 | </listitem> |
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158 | </varlistentry> |
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159 | |
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160 | <varlistentry id="rmmod"> |
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161 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term> |
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162 | <listitem> |
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163 | <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para> |
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164 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-kmod rmmod"> |
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165 | <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary> |
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166 | </indexterm> |
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167 | </listitem> |
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168 | </varlistentry> |
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169 | |
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170 | </variablelist> |
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171 | |
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172 | </sect2> |
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173 | |
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174 | </sect1> |
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