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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 | ]>
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7 |
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8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
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12 |
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13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools">
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14 | <primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</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 Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
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21 | modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
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22 |
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23 | <segmentedlist>
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24 | <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
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25 |
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26 | <seglistitem>
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27 | <seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, GCC, Glibc,
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28 | Grep, M4, Make, and Sed</seg>
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29 | </seglistitem>
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30 | </segmentedlist>
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31 |
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32 | </sect2>
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33 |
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34 | <sect2 role="installation">
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35 | <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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36 |
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37 | <para os="a">Module-Init-Tools attempts to rewrite its
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38 | <filename>modprobe.conf</filename> man page during the build process.
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39 | This is unnecessary and also relies on <command>docbook2man</command>
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40 | — which is not installed in LFS. Run the following command to
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41 | avoid this:</para>
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42 |
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43 | <screen os="b"><userinput>touch modprobe.conf.5</userinput></screen>
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44 |
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45 | <para os="g">If you wish to run the test suite for Module-Init-Tools, you
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46 | will need to download the separate testsuite tarball. Issue the
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47 | following commands to perform the tests (note that the
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48 | <command>make distclean</command> command is required to clean up
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49 | the source tree, as the source gets recompiled as part of the testing
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50 | process):</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen os="g1"><userinput>tar -xvf ../module-init-tools-testsuite-&module-init-tools-version;.tar.bz2 --strip-path=1 &&
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53 | ./configure &&
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54 | make check &&
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55 | make distclean</userinput></screen>
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56 |
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57 | <para os="c">Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
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58 |
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59 | <screen os="c1"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/ --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
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60 |
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61 | <variablelist os="d">
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62 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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63 |
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64 | <varlistentry>
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65 | <term><parameter>--enable-zlib</parameter></term>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed
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68 | kernel modules.</para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </varlistentry>
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71 |
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72 | </variablelist>
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73 |
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74 | <para os="e">Compile the package:</para>
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75 |
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76 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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77 |
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78 | <para os="h">Install the package:</para>
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79 |
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80 | <screen os="i"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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81 |
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82 | </sect2>
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83 |
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84 | <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content">
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85 | <title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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86 |
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87 | <segmentedlist>
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88 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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89 |
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90 | <seglistitem>
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91 | <seg>depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod (link to insmod),
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92 | modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg>
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93 | </seglistitem>
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94 | </segmentedlist>
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95 |
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96 | <variablelist>
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97 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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98 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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99 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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100 |
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101 | <varlistentry id="depmod">
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102 | <term><command>depmod</command></term>
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103 | <listitem>
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104 | <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in
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105 | the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
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106 | <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
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107 | modules</para>
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108 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod">
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109 | <primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
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110 | </indexterm>
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111 | </listitem>
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112 | </varlistentry>
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113 |
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114 | <varlistentry id="insmod">
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115 | <term><command>insmod</command></term>
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116 | <listitem>
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117 | <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
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118 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod">
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119 | <primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
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120 | </indexterm>
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121 | </listitem>
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122 | </varlistentry>
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123 |
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124 | <varlistentry id="insmod.static">
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125 | <term><command>insmod.static</command></term>
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126 | <listitem>
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127 | <para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para>
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128 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static">
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129 | <primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary>
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130 | </indexterm>
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131 | </listitem>
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132 | </varlistentry>
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133 |
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134 | <varlistentry id="lsmod">
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135 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
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136 | <listitem>
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137 | <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
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138 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod">
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139 | <primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
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140 | </indexterm>
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141 | </listitem>
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142 | </varlistentry>
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143 |
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144 | <varlistentry id="modinfo">
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145 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
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146 | <listitem>
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147 | <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
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148 | displays any information that it can glean</para>
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149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo">
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150 | <primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
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151 | </indexterm>
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152 | </listitem>
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153 | </varlistentry>
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154 |
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155 | <varlistentry id="modprobe">
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156 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
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157 | <listitem>
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158 | <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>,
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159 | to automatically load relevant modules</para>
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160 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe">
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161 | <primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
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162 | </indexterm>
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163 | </listitem>
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164 | </varlistentry>
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165 |
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166 | <varlistentry id="rmmod">
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167 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
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168 | <listitem>
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169 | <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
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170 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod">
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171 | <primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
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172 | </indexterm>
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173 | </listitem>
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174 | </varlistentry>
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175 |
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176 | </variablelist>
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177 |
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178 | </sect2>
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179 |
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180 | </sect1>
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