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2 | <!DOCTYPE section [
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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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6 | <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng"
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7 | xml:id="ch-system-module-init-tools"
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8 | xreflabel="Module-Init-Tools" role="wrap">
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9 | <title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
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10 | <?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
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11 |
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12 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools"><primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary></indexterm>
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13 |
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14 | <section role="package"><title/>
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15 | <para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
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16 | modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
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17 |
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18 | <segmentedlist>
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19 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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20 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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21 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>650 KB</seg></seglistitem>
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22 | </segmentedlist>
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23 |
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24 | <segmentedlist>
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25 | <segtitle>Module-Init-Tools installation depends on</segtitle>
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26 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Bison,
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27 | Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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28 | </segmentedlist>
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29 | </section>
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30 |
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31 | <section role="installation">
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32 | <title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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33 |
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34 | <para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
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35 |
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36 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
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37 |
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38 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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39 |
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40 | <screen><userinput>make DOCBOOKTOMAN=""</userinput></screen>
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41 |
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42 | <para>To test the results, issue:
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43 | <userinput>make check</userinput>.</para>
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44 |
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45 | <para>Install it:</para>
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46 |
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47 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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48 |
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49 | </section>
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50 |
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51 |
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52 | <section xml:id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content"><title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
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53 |
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54 | <segmentedlist>
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55 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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56 | <seglistitem><seg>depmod, genksyms, insmod,
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57 | insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms
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58 | (link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod)
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59 | and rmmod (link to insmod)</seg></seglistitem>
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60 | </segmentedlist>
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61 |
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62 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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63 |
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64 | <varlistentry xml:id="depmod">
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65 | <term><command>depmod</command></term>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod"><primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary></indexterm>
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68 | <para>creates a dependency file, based on the
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69 | symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used
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70 | by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </varlistentry>
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73 |
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74 | <varlistentry xml:id="genksyms">
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75 | <term><command>genksyms</command></term>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools genksyms"><primary sortas="b-genksyms">genksyms</primary></indexterm>
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78 | <para>generates symbol version information.</para>
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79 | </listitem>
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80 | </varlistentry>
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81 |
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82 | <varlistentry xml:id="insmod">
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83 | <term><command>insmod</command></term>
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod"><primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary></indexterm>
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86 | <para>installs a loadable module in the running kernel.</para>
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87 | </listitem>
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88 | </varlistentry>
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89 |
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90 | <varlistentry xml:id="insmod_ksymoops_clean">
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91 | <term><command>insmod_ksymoops_clean</command></term>
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92 | <listitem>
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93 | <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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94 | <para>deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days.</para>
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95 | </listitem>
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96 | </varlistentry>
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97 |
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98 | <varlistentry xml:id="kallsyms">
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99 | <term><command>kallsyms</command></term>
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100 | <listitem>
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101 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kallsyms"><primary sortas="b-kallsyms">kallsyms</primary></indexterm>
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102 | <para>extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.</para>
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103 | </listitem>
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104 | </varlistentry>
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105 |
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106 | <varlistentry xml:id="kernelversion">
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107 | <term><command>kernelversion</command></term>
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108 | <listitem>
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109 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools kernelversion"><primary sortas="b-kernelversion">kernelversion</primary></indexterm>
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110 | <para>reports the major version of the running kernel.</para>
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111 | </listitem>
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112 | </varlistentry>
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113 |
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114 | <varlistentry xml:id="ksyms">
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115 | <term><command>ksyms</command></term>
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116 | <listitem>
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117 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools ksyms"><primary sortas="b-ksyms">ksyms</primary></indexterm>
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118 | <para>displays exported kernel symbols.</para>
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119 | </listitem>
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120 | </varlistentry>
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121 |
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122 | <varlistentry xml:id="lsmod">
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123 | <term><command>lsmod</command></term>
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124 | <listitem>
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125 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod"><primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary></indexterm>
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126 | <para>shows which modules are loaded.</para>
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127 | </listitem>
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128 | </varlistentry>
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129 |
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130 | <varlistentry xml:id="modinfo">
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131 | <term><command>modinfo</command></term>
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132 | <listitem>
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133 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo"><primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary></indexterm>
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134 | <para>examines an object file associated with
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135 | a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.</para>
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136 | </listitem>
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137 | </varlistentry>
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138 |
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139 | <varlistentry xml:id="modprobe">
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140 | <term><command>modprobe</command></term>
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141 | <listitem>
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142 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe"><primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary></indexterm>
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143 | <para>uses a dependency file, created by
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144 | <command>depmod</command>, to automatically load the relevant modules.</para>
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145 | </listitem>
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146 | </varlistentry>
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147 |
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148 | <varlistentry xml:id="rmmod">
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149 | <term><command>rmmod</command></term>
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150 | <listitem>
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151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod"><primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary></indexterm>
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152 | <para>unloads modules from the running kernel.</para>
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153 | </listitem>
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154 | </varlistentry>
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155 | </variablelist>
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156 |
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157 | </section>
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158 |
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159 | </section>
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