From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Miller Subject: Re: Modules problem part-2 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:31:06 -0600 (CST) Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: References: <5.1.0.14.1.20040105104618.01f28358@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20040105104618.01f28358@celine> List-Id: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Ray Olszewski Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 11:55 PM 1/5/2004 +0530, joy wrote: > > >hi, > >I did what was told of me, make modules and make install and the modules > >were in place. > >but the other problem I had with lsmod and insmod giving me error stating: > >QM_MODULES function not implemented > >refuses to go away > >even at bootup , > >when init runs modprobe, the same error appears a LOT of times.(it scrolls > >fast but I could just make out!) > > It sounds like you (or whoever compiled your kernel) did not compile in > loadable modules support. (In 2.4.x kernels, which I still use, this is the > second item in the "make menuconfig" setup list, so you might look in a > similar location in the 2.6.x configuration.) > > In the 2.4.x kernels, the relevant section of the actual config file is > > # > # Loadable module support > # > CONFIG_MODULES=y > CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y > CONFIG_KMOD=y > > Here too, you might look for something similar in the 2.6.x config file ... > the "QM_MODULES" name might indicate a change in terminology. > Here's what I've got in my 2.6.0 kernel .config file relevant to this: # # Loadable module support # CONFIG_MODULES=y CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y # CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_UNLOAD is not set CONFIG_OBSOLETE_MODPARM=y # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set CONFIG_KMOD=y James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs