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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6 %general-entities;
7 %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
11 <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
12
13 <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
14
15 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools">
16 <primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary>
17 </indexterm>
18
19 <sect2 role="package">
20 <title/>
21
22 <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
23 modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
24
25 <segmentedlist>
26 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
27 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
28
29 <seglistitem>
30 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31 <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
32 </seglistitem>
33 </segmentedlist>
34
35 <segmentedlist>
36 <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
37
38 <seglistitem>
39 <seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc,
40 Grep, M4, Make, and Sed</seg>
41 </seglistitem>
42 </segmentedlist>
43
44 </sect2>
45
46 <sect2 role="installation">
47 <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
48
49 <para os="a">Module-Init-Tools attempts to rewrite its
50 <filename>modprobe.conf</filename> man page during the build process.
51 This is unnecessary and also relies on <command>docbook2man</command>
52 &mdash; which is not installed in LFS. Run the following command to
53 avoid this:</para>
54
55<screen os="b"><userinput>touch modprobe.conf.5</userinput></screen>
56
57 <para os="c">Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
58
59<screen os="c1"><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
60
61 <variablelist os="d">
62 <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
63
64 <varlistentry>
65 <term><parameter>--enable-zlib</parameter></term>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed
68 kernel modules.</para>
69 </listitem>
70 </varlistentry>
71
72 </variablelist>
73
74 <para os="e">Compile the package:</para>
75
76<screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
77
78 <para os="g">To test the results, issue:
79 <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
80
81 <para os="h">Install the package:</para>
82
83<screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
84
85 </sect2>
86
87 <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content">
88 <title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
89
90 <segmentedlist>
91 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
92
93 <seglistitem>
94 <seg>depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod (link to insmod),
95 modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg>
96 </seglistitem>
97 </segmentedlist>
98
99 <variablelist>
100 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
101 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
102 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
103
104 <varlistentry id="depmod">
105 <term><command>depmod</command></term>
106 <listitem>
107 <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in
108 the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
109 <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
110 modules</para>
111 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod">
112 <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
113 </indexterm>
114 </listitem>
115 </varlistentry>
116
117 <varlistentry id="insmod">
118 <term><command>insmod</command></term>
119 <listitem>
120 <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
121 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod">
122 <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
123 </indexterm>
124 </listitem>
125 </varlistentry>
126
127 <varlistentry id="insmod.static">
128 <term><command>insmod.static</command></term>
129 <listitem>
130 <para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para>
131 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static">
132 <primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary>
133 </indexterm>
134 </listitem>
135 </varlistentry>
136
137 <varlistentry id="lsmod">
138 <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
139 <listitem>
140 <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
141 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod">
142 <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
143 </indexterm>
144 </listitem>
145 </varlistentry>
146
147 <varlistentry id="modinfo">
148 <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
149 <listitem>
150 <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
151 displays any information that it can glean</para>
152 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo">
153 <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
154 </indexterm>
155 </listitem>
156 </varlistentry>
157
158 <varlistentry id="modprobe">
159 <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
160 <listitem>
161 <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>,
162 to automatically load relevant modules</para>
163 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe">
164 <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
165 </indexterm>
166 </listitem>
167 </varlistentry>
168
169 <varlistentry id="rmmod">
170 <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
171 <listitem>
172 <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
173 <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod">
174 <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
175 </indexterm>
176 </listitem>
177 </varlistentry>
178
179 </variablelist>
180
181 </sect2>
182
183</sect1>
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