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This is the file. From what I have been able to
gather its strictly a redhat thing. However
its annoying not to know what it is used for.
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"I wish the ring never came to me. I wish
none of these things ever happened." ~ Frodo
"So do all who live to see such times, but
that is not for them to decide. The only
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time that is given to us." ~ Gandalf.
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Todd Beauchemin
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From: Edward Gerhold [mailto:edwin.hold@t-online.de]
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 17:57
To: Edward Gerhold
Cc: Jan Hudec; Ravi; High Commander Todd Beauchemin;
kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org
Subject: Re: module_info file+
Edward Gerhold wrote:
> Jan Hudec wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 12:17:30PM -0700, Ravi wrote:
>>
>>>> My system is a RedHat 7.3 system. I noticed
>>>> in the /boot directory there is a module-conf
>>>> file. I was wondering if you knew of any information or script on
>>>> how to create that file.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Did you mean the 'module_info' file? I don't know what that file
>>> does, but I'm sure you don't have to create/update it when you
>>> rebuild the kernel. Or even if you want to boot with a different
>>> kernel version.
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't _know_ it either (I don't use redhat), but it seems like some
>> redhat management stuff keeps info about installed modules there. So I
>> would expect this to be built by redhat kernel packages and possibly
>> used by some init script.This is just a wild guess however.
>
>
>
> Is it like having to read "man /boot/module_info" instead of
> "/etc/modules.conf". Then having to search for modprobe in the
bootscript.
> To see how the modules are loaded. Or IS THE MODULE_INFO FILE SOME OTHER
> TABLE ?
I FORGOT THE QUESTION MARKS. Looks funny.
> I have only SuSE 7.2.
>
To see that i can't compare with your module_info file and the redhat
system,
a directory listing of my /boot directory. A regular SuSE 7.2 Distribution.
A manpage for module_info isn't here. Apropos tells me nothing appropriate.
Whatis tells the same. Whereis says module_info:. locate says locate:
warning:
database '/var/lib/locatedb' is more than 8 days old. (my mindcopy of
/var,
too) ... A Suse Distribution can't help you here. The modules.conf seems to
be
close to be correctly guessed, if module_info is not a binary.
Edward
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Version 0
# The version 0 module-info format is ('|' denotes the left margin):
# |<module-name>
# | <module-type> [<module-alias>]
# | "<description-string>"
# | <argument> "<argument-description-string>" ["<match-regex>" ["<default>"]]
# |# <comment>
# Stanzas are delimited by non-indented lines, and continued with indented lines.
# Comments start in the first column, or are preceded only by whitespace.
# The []'s above are not literal, they delimit optional material.
# There can be multiple <argument> lines.
# <module-name> is the name of the module without any .o extension, just
# as the module name would be entered in /etc/modules.conf
# <module-type> is the base part of the string demanded by kerneld (eth,
# scsi_hostadapter, etc.)
# <module-alias> is an optional identifier to identify groups of similar
# drivers, such as the non-scsi cdrom devices which are requested by
# block-major-*; they are given an alias of "cdrom".
# <description-string> is a free-form string enclosed in quotes to describe
# the module to a human reader
# <argument> is an argument such as io or irq, as understood by the module
# <argument-description-string> is a free-form description
# <match-regex> is a regular expression which can be used to test the
# validity of a user-entered string
# <default> is a default value. This should not be provided unless it is
# almost always the correct value, and will not, say, hang a user's computer
# if it is wrong
#
# Ideas for version 1 file format:
# o Add long description, presumably including all known cards supported
# by the module in question
# o Sub-argument description, for arguments which have multiple parts
# separated by commas, particularly ones which share code with boot-time
# arguments.
# o Optional architecture flag(?)
# drivers/net directory
3c501
eth
"3Com 3c501"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
3c503
eth
"3Com EtherLink II"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
xcvr "Transceiver (0 = BNC; 1 = AUI)" "[01]"
3c505
eth
"3Com Etherlink Plus"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
3c507
eth
"3Com EtherLink16"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
3c509
eth
"3Com EtherLink III"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
3c515
eth
"3Com 3c515 Corkscrew"
3c59x
eth
"3Com 3c590/3c595/3c90x/3cx980"
82596
eth
"Apricot 82596"
#a2065
# eth
# "Amiga Linux/68k A2065"
ac3200
eth
"Ansel Communications Model 3200"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
mem "Base shared memory address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]+"
acenic
eth
"Alteon AceNIC Gigabit"
aironet4500_card
eth
"Aironet 4500 PCI-ISA-i365 wireless"
arlan
eth
"Aironet Arlan 655"
#apricot
# eth
# "Apricot 82596"
# io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
# irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
#arcnet
# arc
# "ARCnet for IP driver"
# io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
# irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
# shmem "Base shared memory address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]+"
#ariadne
# eth
# "Amiga Linux/m68k Ariadne"
at1700
eth
"Allied Telesis AT1700"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
#atarilance
# eth
# "Atari Linux/m68k VME Lance"
# Not yet modularized
#atp
# atp
# "Attached (pocket) ethernet adapter"
cs89x0
eth
"Crystal SemiconductorCS89[02]0"
de4x5
eth
"DE4x5, DE434, DE450, and DE500 DEC EtherWORKS"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
de600
eth
"D-Link DE-600 Ethernet pocket adapter"
de620
eth
"D-Link DE-620 Ethernet pocket adapter"
depca
eth
"DEC DEPCA and EtherWORKS DE1xx, DE2xx, DE422"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
dgrs
eth
"Digi RightSwitch SE-4, SE-6"
dma "Toggle DMA use" "[01]"
spantree "Toggle Spantree" "[01]"
hashexpire "Hash Expiration"
ipaddr "List of four IP addresses"
ipxnet "IPX network number"
#dlci
#dlci
#"RFC 1490 Frame Relay protocol"
dmfe
eth
"Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet"
dummy
dummy
"Placeholder device for intermittent links"
e100
eth
"Intel EtherExpress/100 driver"
e1000
eth
"Intel EtherExpress/1000 gigabit"
e2100
eth
"Cabletron E2100"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
mem "Base shared memory address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]+"
xcvr "Transceiver (0 = internal; 1 = external)" "[01]"
eepro
eth
"EtherExpress Pro/10"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
eepro100
eth
"Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B"
eexpress
eth
"EtherExpress"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
epic100
eth
"SMC 83c170 EPIC/100"
eql
eql
"Load balancing for point-to-point network interfaces"
es3210
eth
"Racal-Interlan ES3210 EISA"
eth16i
eth
"ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 EISA"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
ewrk3
eth
"EtherWORKS 3: DE203, DE204, DE205"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
fmv18x
eth
"Fujitsu FMV-181/182/183/184"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
hamachi
eth
"A Packet Engines GNIC-II Gigabit"
hp-plus
eth
"HP PCLAN/plus"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
hp
eth
"HP LAN"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
hp100
eth
"HP10/100VG ANY LAN: J257x, 27248B, J2585"
hp100_port "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
#hydra
# eth
# "Amiga Linux/m68k Hydra"
ibmtr
tr
"Shared-memory IBM Token Ring 16/4"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
lance
eth
"AT1500, HP J2405A, most NE2100/clone"
# NOT YET MODULARIZED!
#lance32
# eth
# "AMD PCnet32, PCnetPCI"
lne390
eth
"Mylex LNE390 EISA"
natsemi
eth
"NatSemi DP83815 Fast Ethernet"
myri_sbus
eth
"MyriCOM MyriNET SBUS"
ne
eth
"NE1000, NE2000, and compatible"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
ne2k-pci
eth
"PCI NE2000 clones"
ne3210
eth
"Novell NE3210 EISA"
ni5010
eth
"MiCom-Interlan NI5010"
ni52
eth
"NI5210 Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
memstart "Base shared memory address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]+"
memend "Address of end of shared memory" "0x[0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F][0-9a-fA-F]+"
ni65
eth
"NI6510 Ethernet"
olympic
tr
"IBM Olympic-based PCI roken ring"
pcnet32
eth
"AMD PCnet32"
# not modularized
#pi2
plip
plip
"Parallel Link Internet Protocal"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
#ppp
# ppp
# "Point-to-Point Protocol"
# NOT YET MODULARIZED!
#pt
rtl8129
eth
"RealTek RTL8129 Fast Ethernet"
8139too
eth
"RTL8139, SMC EZ Card Fast Ethernet"
sis900
eth
"SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet"
sk98lin
eth
"SysKonnect SK-98xx Gigabit"
sdla
sdla
"Sangoma S502/S508"
# NOT YET MODULARIZED!
#seeq8005
# What's a seeq8005, anyway? From the comments in the file:
# "seeq8005.c: A network driver for linux." No, really!
# NOT YET MODULARIZED!
#sk_g16
# eth
# "Schneider & Koch (SK) G16"
sktr
tr
"SysKonnect Token Ring ISA/PCI"
# slhc is never loaded explicitly, only by dependencies
#slip
# sl
# "Serial Link Internet Protocol"
smc-ultra
eth
"SMC Ultra, SMC EtherEZ ISA"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
smc-ultra32
eth
"SMC Ultra32 EISA"
smc9194
eth
"SMC 9000 series Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
ifport "Interface: 0 auto, 1 TP, 2 AUI/BNC" "[012]"
strip
strip_proto
"Starmode Radio IP"
# Not a module, may never be?
#sunlance
# eth
# "Linux/Sparc/Lance Ethernet"
sunbmac
eth
"Sun BigMac Ethernet"
sundance
eth
"Sundance ST201 Alta"
sunhme
eth
"Sun Happy Meal Ethernet"
sunqe
eth
"Sun Quad Ethernet"
tlan
eth
"ThunderLAN"
tulip
eth
"DEC 21040, most 21*40 Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
old_tulip
eth
"Older DEC 21040, most 21*40 Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
via-rhine
eth
"VIA VT86c100A Rhine-II PCI"
wavelan
eth
"AT&T GIS WaveLAN transceiver"
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
wd
eth
"WD8003 and WD8013 `compatible' ethercards."
io "Base I/O address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
irq "IRQ level" "[0-9]+"
mem "Base shared memory address" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
mem_end "Address of end of shared memory (if non-standard size)" "0x[0-9a-fA-F]+"
wic
wic
"parallel port network driver"
winbond
eth
"Compex RL100ATX-PCI"
yellowfin
eth
"Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit"
# NOT YET MODULARIZED!
#znet
# eth
# drivers/scsi directory
# XXX this needs to be put back
#53c7,8xx
#scsi_hostadapter
#"Symbios/NCR 53c700 and 53c800 series"
3w-xxxx
scsi_hostadapter
"3ware Storage Controller"
AM53C974
scsi_hostadapter
"AM53/79C974 (PCscsi) driver"
BusLogic
scsi_hostadapter
"BusLogic MultiMaster SCSI"
NCR53c406a
scsi_hostadapter
"NCR53c406a-based SCSI"
# not a module
#a2091
#a3000
a100u2w
scsi_hostadapter
"Initio INI-9100UW"
aha152x "ioport, irq, host scsiid"
aacraid
scsi_hostadapter
"Adaptec AACRAID"
advansys
scsi_hostadapter
"AdvanSys SCSI"
aha152x
scsi_hostadapter
"Adaptec AHA-152x"
aha152x "ioport, irq, host scsiid"
aha1542
scsi_hostadapter
"Adaptec AHA-154x and 631x-based"
aha1740
scsi_hostadapter
"Adaptec AHA-174x"
aic7xxx
scsi_hostadapter
"Adaptec AHA-2740, 28xx, 29xx, 39xx"
aic7xxx_new
scsi_hostadapter
"New Adaptec AHA-2740, 28xx, 29xx, 39xx"
atp870u
scsi_hostadapter
"ACARD ATP870U PCI scsi controller"
cciss
scsi_hostadapter
"Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller"
cpqarray
scsi_hostadapter
"Compaq Smart/2 RAID Controller"
cpqfc
scsi_hostadapter
"Compaq FibreChannel Controller"
DAC960
scsi_hostadapter
"Mylex DAC960 RAID Controller"
dmx319ld
scsi_hostadapter
"Domex DMX3191D"
dtc
scsi_hostadapter
"DTC 3180/3280"
# deprecated
eata
scsi_hostadapter
"All DMA-capable DPT SCSI"
# deprecated
eata_dma
scsi_hostadapter
"All DMA-capable DPT SCSI (dma mode)"
# deprecated
#eata_pio
# scsi_hostadapter
# "All PIO-capable DPT SCSI"
fcal
scsi_hostadapter
"Sun Enterprise Network Array (FC-AL)"
# not a module
# esp
fdomain
scsi_hostadapter
"Future Domain TMC-16xx SCSI"
g_NCR5380
scsi_hostadapter
"NCR5380 (generic driver)"
gdth
scsi_hostadapter
"ICP RAID Controller"
# not a module
# gvp11
i2o_block
scsi
"I2O Block driver"
imm
scsi_hostadapter
"Iomega ZIP Plus"
in2000
scsi_hostadapter
"IN2000 SCSI"
setup_string "ioport:addr"
initio
scsi_hostadapter
"Initio SCSI"
ips
scsi_hostadapter
"IBM ServeRAID"
megaraid
scsi_hostadapter
"MegaRAID 418, 428, 438, 466, 762"
ncr53c8xx
scsi_hostadapter
"Symbios/NCR 53C8xx"
pas16
scsi_hostadapter
"Pro Audio Spectrum/Studio 16"
pci2000
scsi_hostadapter
"PCI-2000 IntelliCache"
pci2220i
scsi_hostadapter
"PCI-2220I EIDE RAID"
pluto
scsi_hostadapter
"SparcSTORAGE Array"
ppa
scsi_hostadapter
"IOMEGA VPI0/Parallel ZIP"
imm
scsi_hostadapter
"IOMEGA VPI2/Parallel ZIP"
pcd
block-major-46 cdrom
"Parallel-port IDE CDROM"
psi240i
scsi_hostadapter
"PSI240I EIDE"
qlogicfas
scsi_hostadapter
"Qlogic FAS408 SCSI"
# XXX fixme - need space
#qlogicfc
# scsi_hostadapter
# "Qlogic ISP2x00 SCSI"
qla1280
scsi_hostadapter
"Qlogic 1280"
qla2x00
scsi_hostadapter
"Qlogic 2x00"
qlogicisp
scsi_hostadapter
"QLogic ISP1020 SCSI"
qlogicpti
scsi_hostadapter
"QLogic ISP1020 SCSI SBUS"
#scsi
# Can kerneld actually request this?
# scsi
# "SCSI Protocol support (midlevel driver)"
#sd
# block-major-8 sd
# "SCSI disk protocol"
seagate
scsi_hostadapter
"Seagate ST-01/02, Future Domain TMC-8xx"
#sg
# char-major-21 sg
# "SCSI generic driver for user-level SCSI protocol drivers"
#sr
# block-major-11 sr
# "SCSI CD-ROM protocol"
#st
# char-major-10 st
# "SCSI tape protocol"
#not currently used
#sym53c416
# scsi_hostadapter
# "sym53c416"
# needed for sparc
sym53c8xx
scsi_hostadapter
"Symbios 53C896"
t128
scsi_hostadapter
"Trantor T128/T128F/T228"
tmscsim
scsi_hostadapter
"Tekram DC-390(T) PCI"
u14-34f
scsi_hostadapter
"UltraStor 14F/34F (not 24F)"
ultrastor
scsi_hostadapter
"UltraStor 14F/24F/34F"
#wd33c93
# scsi_hostadapter
# "Amiga A2091/590"
wd7000
scsi_hostadapter
"WD7000 series"
# drivers/cdrom
aztcd
block-major-29 cdrom
"Aztech CD268 CDROM"
aztcd "Base I/O Address"
cdu31a
block-major-15 cdrom
"Sony CDU-31A CDROM"
cdu31a_port "Base I/O Address"
cdu31a_irq "IRQ"
cm206
block-major-32 cdrom
"Philips/LMS cm20 CDROM"
cm206 "Base I/O address, irq"
gscd
block-major-16 cdrom
"GoldStar R420 CDROM"
gscd "Base I/O Address"
isp16
# module, but dynamic block number so kerneld can't request it... (?)
unknown cdrom
"ISP16/MAD16/Mozart soundcard-based CDROM"
isp16_cdrom_base "Base I/O Address"
isp16_cdrom_irq "IRQ"
isp16_cdrom_dma "DMA Channel (0,3,5,6,7)"
mcd
block-major-23 cdrom
"Mitsumi CDROM"
mcd "Base I/O Address,irq"
mcdx
block-major-20 cdrom
"Mitsumi XA/Multisession CDROM"
mcdx "Base I/O Address,irq"
optcd
block-major-17 cdrom
"Optics Storage 8000 AT CDROM"
sbpcd
block-major-25 cdrom
"SoundBlaster Pro/Panasonic CDROM"
sbpcd "Base I/O Address"
sjcd
block-major-18 cdrom
"Sanyo CD-ROM device driver"
sjcd_base "Base I/O Address"
sonycd535
block-major-24 cdrom
"Sony CDU-535 CDROM"
sonycd535 "Base I/O Address"
agpart
video
"Intel i810 Graphics Controller"
catc
eth
"CATC EL1210A NetMate USB Ethernet driver"
CDCEther
eth
"USB CDC Ethernet driver"
kaweth
eth
"KL5USB101 USB Ethernet driver"
pegasus
eth
"Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver"
3c574_cs
eth
"3Com 3c574 series PCMCIA ethernet driver"
aironet4500_cs
eth
"PCMCIA aironet4500_cs"
3c589_cs
eth
"3Com 3c589 series PCMCIA ethernet driver"
axnet_cs
eth
"Asix AX88190 PCMCIA ethernet driver"
xircom_tulip_cb
eth
"Xircom CBE-100 PCMCIA ethernet driver"
fmvj18x_cs
eth
"PCMCIA fmvj18x_cs"
ibmtr_cs
eth
"PCMCIA ibmtr_cs"
netwave_cs
eth
"PCMCIA netwave_cs"
nmclan_cs
eth
"New Media PCMCIA ethernet driver"
ray_cs
eth
"Raylink/WebGear wireless LAN driver"
wavelan_cs
eth
"PCMCIA wavelan_cs"
xirc2ps_cs
eth
"Xircom PCMCIA ethernet driver"
xircom_cb
eth
"Xircom Cardbus ethernet driver"
