Suse 6.3 installation doesn't seem to autoload modules on kernel request. I took a look at boot scripts and found out it doesn't load kerneld. There's a doc file saying something about kmod, but i found no way to make it work. Does anyone know something about it and its use? Greetings Pierpaolo Da Fieno <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Suse 6.3 installation doesn't seem to autoload modules on kernel request.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I took a look at boot scripts and found out it doesn't load kerneld.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There's a doc file saying something about kmod, but i found no way to make it work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know something about it and its use?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Pierpaolo Da Fieno</FONT></DIV></BODY>
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Pierpaolo Da Fieno wrote: pf> Suse 6.3 installation doesn't seem to autoload modules on kernel request. pf> I took a look at boot scripts and found out it doesn't load kerneld. pf> There's a doc file saying something about kmod, but i found no way to make it work. pf> Does anyone know something about it and its use? pf> Take a look at the kmod.txt file in the kernel Documentation directory. To use it you will have to recompile your kernel. Whereas kerneld offers more functions, the average user doesn't need it, therefore its better to use kmod as its cleaner and has a smaller memory footprint. pf> Greetings pf> Pierpaolo Da Fieno pf> -- S.Toms - tomas@primenet.com - www.primenet.com/~tomas SuSE Linux v6.3+ - Kernel 2.2.14 Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. -- Don Marquis -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Pierpaolo Da Fieno wrote:
Suse 6.3 installation doesn't seem to autoload modules on kernel request. I took a look at boot scripts and found out it doesn't load kerneld. There's a doc file saying something about kmod, but i found no way to make it work. Does anyone know something about it and its use?
Apologies for the late reply... kerneld was the module loader used for the 2.0.x series of kernels. Now with the 2.2.x series of kernels modules are usually loader by the kernel module loader, which is compiled right into the kernel. kerneld is actually more fully featured that the kernel module loader, but for most people the extra features aren't necessary. The SuSE kernel does have module support compiled into the kernel, so if that is what you are using there shouldn't be any problems with the module loader.... Maybe you are being tripped up by the new SuSE boot concept introduced in 6.3? If there are any modules you want loaded at bootup, you can edit /etc/rc.config to add the module name to the variable INITRD_MODULES (I think - I don't have 6.3 myself ;-) ). After that run mk_initrd and all should be fine. Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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