From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264412AbTDPPIB (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:08:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264454AbTDPPIA (for ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:08:00 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:40899 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264412AbTDPPHz (for ); Wed, 16 Apr 2003 11:07:55 -0400 Subject: Re: How to identify contents of /lib/modules/* From: Alan Cox To: steve.cameron@hp.com Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030416020059.GA27314@zuul.cca.cpqcorp.net> References: <20030416020059.GA27314@zuul.cca.cpqcorp.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1050502898.28591.76.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 16 Apr 2003 15:21:38 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mer, 2003-04-16 at 03:00, Stephen Cameron wrote: > The task for the binary driver distributor becomes to figure out which > of these multiple errata kernels found in /boot corresponds to the > /lib/modules directory, so we can drop the binary driver that was > made for that errata kernel in there, and not a driver made for the > wrong kernel. if its an rpm based distro rpm -qf /lib/modules/[version]/something will tell you which kernel owns the file. Its a horrible thing to need to do however