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Last change on this file since 5e6f8f2 was 602aa77, checked in by Chris Staub <chris@…>, 15 years ago

Module-Init-Tools no longer installs generate-modprobe.conf

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
10
11 <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools">
14 <primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
21 modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
22
23 </sect2>
24
25 <sect2 role="installation">
26 <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
27
28 <para os="c">Issue the following commands to perform the tests</para>
29
30 <note os="cc">
31 <para>The <command>make clean</command> command is required to clean up
32 the source tree, otherwise the code built for testing will be installed,
33 and the test version of <command>modprobe</command> does not function
34 outside the test environment.</para>
35 </note>
36
37<screen os="d"><userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;
38make check &amp;&amp;
39make clean</userinput></screen>
40
41 <para os="e">Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
42
43<screen os="f"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
44 --bindir=/bin --sbindir=/sbin \
45 --enable-zlib-dynamic</userinput></screen>
46
47 <variablelist os="g">
48 <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
49
50 <varlistentry>
51 <term><parameter>--enable-zlib-dynamic</parameter></term>
52 <listitem>
53 <para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed
54 kernel modules.</para>
55 </listitem>
56 </varlistentry>
57
58 </variablelist>
59
60 <para os="h">Compile the package:</para>
61
62<screen os="i"><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
63
64 <para os="j">Install the package:</para>
65
66<screen os="k"><userinput>make INSTALL=install install</userinput></screen>
67
68 <variablelist os="l">
69 <title>The meaning of the make install parameter:</title>
70 <varlistentry>
71 <term><parameter>INSTALL=install</parameter></term>
72 <listitem>
73 <para>Normally, <command>make install</command> will not install the binaries if they
74 already exist. This option overrides that behavior by calling
75 <command>install</command> instead of using the default wrapper
76 script.</para>
77 </listitem>
78 </varlistentry>
79 </variablelist>
80
81 </sect2>
82
83 <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content">
84 <title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
85
86 <segmentedlist>
87 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
88
89 <seglistitem>
90 <seg>depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo,
91 modprobe (link to insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg>
92 </seglistitem>
93 </segmentedlist>
94
95 <variablelist>
96 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
97 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
98 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
99
100 <varlistentry id="depmod">
101 <term><command>depmod</command></term>
102 <listitem>
103 <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in
104 the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
105 <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
106 modules</para>
107 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod">
108 <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
109 </indexterm>
110 </listitem>
111 </varlistentry>
112
113 <varlistentry id="insmod">
114 <term><command>insmod</command></term>
115 <listitem>
116 <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
117 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod">
118 <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
119 </indexterm>
120 </listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122
123 <varlistentry id="insmod.static">
124 <term><command>insmod.static</command></term>
125 <listitem>
126 <para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para>
127 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static">
128 <primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary>
129 </indexterm>
130 </listitem>
131 </varlistentry>
132
133 <varlistentry id="lsmod">
134 <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
135 <listitem>
136 <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
137 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod">
138 <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
139 </indexterm>
140 </listitem>
141 </varlistentry>
142
143 <varlistentry id="modinfo">
144 <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
147 displays any information that it can glean</para>
148 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo">
149 <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
150 </indexterm>
151 </listitem>
152 </varlistentry>
153
154 <varlistentry id="modprobe">
155 <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
156 <listitem>
157 <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>,
158 to automatically load relevant modules</para>
159 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe">
160 <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
161 </indexterm>
162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry id="rmmod">
166 <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
169 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod">
170 <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
171 </indexterm>
172 </listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 </variablelist>
176
177 </sect2>
178
179</sect1>
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