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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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[a001133] | 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" xreflabel="Module-Init-Tools" role="wrap">
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[9dfc02f] | 7 | <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"><primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary></indexterm>
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| 11 |
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[a001133] | 12 | <sect2 role="package"><title/>
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[9dfc02f] | 13 | <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
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| 14 | modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
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| 15 |
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[a001133] | 16 | <segmentedlist>
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| 17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>650 KB</seg></seglistitem>
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| 20 | </segmentedlist>
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[9dfc02f] | 21 |
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[a001133] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 24 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison,
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| 25 | Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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| 26 | </segmentedlist>
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| 27 | </sect2>
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[9dfc02f] | 28 |
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[a001133] | 29 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[9dfc02f] | 30 | <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
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| 33 |
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| 34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 37 |
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[9c1d48f] | 38 | <screen><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
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[9dfc02f] | 39 |
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| 40 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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| 41 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <para>Install it:</para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 46 |
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| 47 | </sect2>
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| 48 |
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| 49 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 50 | <sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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[9dfc02f] | 51 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 52 | <segmentedlist>
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| 53 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 54 | <seglistitem><seg>depmod, genksyms, insmod,
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[9dfc02f] | 55 | insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms
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| 56 | (link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod)
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[c6cb3aa] | 57 | and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem>
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| 58 | </segmentedlist>
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[9dfc02f] | 59 |
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[c6cb3aa] | 60 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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[9dfc02f] | 61 |
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[b8a819f] | 62 | <varlistentry id="depmod">
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| 63 | <term><command>depmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 64 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 65 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 66 | <para>creates a dependency file, based on the
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[9dfc02f] | 67 | symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used
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| 68 | by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 71 |
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[b8a819f] | 72 | <varlistentry id="genksyms">
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| 73 | <term><command>genksyms</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 74 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 75 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 76 | <para>generates symbol version information.</para>
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| 77 | </listitem>
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| 78 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 79 |
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[b8a819f] | 80 | <varlistentry id="insmod">
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| 81 | <term><command>insmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 82 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 83 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 84 | <para>installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para>
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| 85 | </listitem>
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| 86 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 87 |
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[b8a819f] | 88 | <varlistentry id="insmod_ksymoops_clean">
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| 89 | <term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 90 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 91 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod_ksymoops_clean"><primary sortas="b-insmod_ksymoops_clean">insmod_ksymoops_clean</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 92 | <para>deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days.</para>
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| 93 | </listitem>
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| 94 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 95 |
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[b8a819f] | 96 | <varlistentry id="kallsyms">
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| 97 | <term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 98 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 99 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 100 | <para>extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para>
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| 101 | </listitem>
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| 102 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 103 |
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[b8a819f] | 104 | <varlistentry id="kernelversion">
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| 105 | <term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 106 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 107 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 108 | <para>reports the major version of the running kernel.</para>
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| 109 | </listitem>
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| 110 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 111 |
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[b8a819f] | 112 | <varlistentry id="ksyms">
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| 113 | <term><command>ksyms</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 114 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 115 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 116 | <para>displays exported kernel symbols.</para>
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| 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 119 |
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[b8a819f] | 120 | <varlistentry id="lsmod">
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| 121 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 122 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 124 | <para>shows which modules are loaded.</para>
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| 125 | </listitem>
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| 126 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 127 |
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[b8a819f] | 128 | <varlistentry id="modinfo">
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| 129 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 130 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 131 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 132 | <para>examines an object file associated with
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[9dfc02f] | 133 | a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 134 | </listitem>
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| 135 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 136 |
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[b8a819f] | 137 | <varlistentry id="modprobe">
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| 138 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 139 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 140 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 141 | <para>uses a dependency file, created by
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[ef57e3b] | 142 | <command>depmod</command>, to automatically load the relevant modules.</para>
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[c6cb3aa] | 143 | </listitem>
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| 144 | </varlistentry>
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[9dfc02f] | 145 |
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[b8a819f] | 146 | <varlistentry id="rmmod">
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| 147 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
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[c6cb3aa] | 148 | <listitem>
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[9dfc02f] | 149 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm>
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[c6cb3aa] | 150 | <para>unloads modules from the running kernel.</para>
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| 151 | </listitem>
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| 152 | </varlistentry>
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| 153 | </variablelist>
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[9dfc02f] | 154 |
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| 155 | </sect2>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | </sect1>
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