-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@nl.linux.org]On Behalf Of Joseph A Knapka Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:22 PM To: Stijn Vander Maelen Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Subject: Re: Load kernel module automatically Stijn Vander Maelen wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Joseph A Knapka wrote: > > > Eric Kristopher Sandall wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Michael Zhu wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the > > > > kernle using insmod command. But each time when I > > > > reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean > > > > I need to use the insmod to load the module each time > > > > I reboot the computer. How can I modify the > > > > configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module > > > > automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module > > > > to the following directory? > > > > /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/ > > > > > > You don't need to do this, actually, you should _not_ do this. > > > > Forgive me, but how else, without copying the module.o to > > /lib/modules/<version>/... and doing "depmod module.o", > > is the kernel able to find the module in order to load it? > > Is not /lib/modules/<version> the standard place to install > > module binaries? > > indeed, /lib/modules/<version> is the standard place for all your modules. > you don't have to put them there yourselve because there are scripts in > the top makefile of your kernel that do it. my standard command is: > $ make dep && make modules && make modules_install && make bzImage > > afterwards you can do: > $ depmod -va > to make the modules.dep file and warn for any unresolved symbols in your > modules. > > when everything is finished you can modprobe your modules Right. I'm just saying that if you've written your own module, it makes more sense to do the "cp mymodule.o /lib/modules/$VERSION ; depmod -a" dance, than to try to keep track of the locations of modules scattered all about the filesystem. My post was addressed to the "you should _not_ do this" assertion by Mr Sandall. Cheers, -- Joe "Thanks to Microsoft, I am now blind in both eyes. They have rolled back in my head so many times this week that they are apparently stuck there now." - Jonathan Rickman, regarding M$ anti-open-source PR. -- Still the question is: > > > > How can I modify the > > > > configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module > > > > automatically during reboot? I may be wrong with this but try adding your module to the /etc/modules.conf file and see if it works... -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
