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- Welcome to the Linux module utilities, release 2.1.48.
-
- This release represents an almost complete rewrite of the utilities.
- The goals of this rewrite were to clean out accumulated kruft, make
- it easier to support different architectures, as well as adding a few
- new features.
-
- These utilities are intended primarily for use with kernels 2.1.18
- and above. They do fall back on a compatibility mode when used with
- 2.0.x kernels so that multiple sets of binaries are not needed when
- switching between the two series, however if you are not planning on
- using the 2.1.x kernel line, there is no point to installing this
- package.
-
- Note further that package *must* be compiled under a 2.1.x kernel as
- we need to be able to find out the architecture specific system call
- number given to query_module.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
- ============
-
- Do 'make install' in this directory to get the following tools:
-
- insmod/
- insmod install a loadable module
- rmmod remove module(s)
- ksyms show symbols
- lsmod show modules
-
- genksyms/
- genksyms version generator for module symbols,
- to be run automatically during kernel make
- if CONFIG_MODVERSIONS was selected in "make config"
-
- depmod/
- modprobe load (a stack of) modules, controlled by a "makefile"
- and a configuration file.
- depmod generate dependencies for modprobe.
-
-
- kerneld/
- kerneld A "user level kernel extension" that allows
- the kernel to perform some tasks in user space.
- Suitable tasks are e.g. loading of modules.
-
-
- SPECIAL NOTE
- ============
-
- On an Alpha, if you are using a binutils before 2.7.0.9, define
- AXP_BROKEN_GAS in Makeconfig.
-
-
- r~
- -----
- richard henderson <richard@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
-