<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../patches.ent"> %general-entities; %patches-entities; ]> <sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap"> <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"><primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>4.9 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle> <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title> <para>Module-Init-Tools attempts to rewrite its <filename>modprobe.conf</filename> man page during the build process. This is unnecessary and also relies on <command>docbook2man</command> — which is not installed in LFS. Run the following command to avoid this:</para> <screen><userinput>touch modprobe.conf.5</userinput></screen> <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen> <para>The meaning of the configure options:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--enable-zlib</parameter></term> <listitem><para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed kernel modules.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> <para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para> <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> <seglistitem><seg>depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod), and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> <varlistentry id="depmod"> <term><command>depmod</command></term> <listitem> <para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by <command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required modules</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="insmod"> <term><command>insmod</command></term> <listitem> <para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="insmod.static"> <term><command>insmod.static</command></term> <listitem> <para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static"><primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="lsmod"> <term><command>lsmod</command></term> <listitem> <para>Lists currently loaded modules</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="modinfo"> <term><command>modinfo</command></term> <listitem> <para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="modprobe"> <term><command>modprobe</command></term> <listitem> <para>Uses a dependency file, created by <command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="rmmod"> <term><command>rmmod</command></term> <listitem> <para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1>