modules in 2.6.0-test11

modules in 2.6.0-test11

[Alexis]

Ive compilled and installed 2.6.0-test11 on redhat 8 in order to filter
packets based on some patterns in layer 7 (l7-filter.sourceforge.net)

So, ive installed the kernel, and installed module-init-tools-0.9.14 too.

The kernel works fine, all modules too but i have to insert them with insmod
or modprobe, i cannot make that modules became loaded automatically.

Ive compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KMOD=Y

any help?

Thanks



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Re: modules in 2.6.0-test11

[Harald Dunkel]

Alexis wrote:
> Ive compilled and installed 2.6.0-test11 on redhat 8 in order to filter
> packets based on some patterns in layer 7 (l7-filter.sourceforge.net)
> 
> So, ive installed the kernel, and installed module-init-tools-0.9.14 too.
> 
> The kernel works fine, all modules too but i have to insert them with insmod
> or modprobe, i cannot make that modules became loaded automatically.
> 
> Ive compiled the kernel with CONFIG_KMOD=Y
> 
> any help?
> 

I found this in the FAQs (on Debian):


Q) I'm using RedHat and modules don't autoload any more.
A) RedHat turns module autoloading off if /proc/ksyms isn't found.
    Change line 337 of /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit from:

   if ! grep -iq nomodules /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null && [ -f /proc/ksyms ]; then

    to

   if ! grep -iq nomodules /proc/cmdline 2>/dev/null && [ -f /proc/modules ]; then


Hope this helps.


Regards

Harri

Re: modules in 2.6.0-test11

[Steve Youngs]

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  a> The kernel works fine, all modules too but i have to insert them
  a> with insmod or modprobe, i cannot make that modules became loaded
  a> automatically.

Edit '/etc/modprobe.conf' and change "alias char-major-<major> foo" to
"alias char-major-<major>-<minor> foo".  Or "char-major-<major>-*" if
you can't determine the minor number.

The modules themselves are supposed to export these chardev aliases, which
will obsolete the entries in '/etc/modprobe.conf', but as yet only one or
two actually do this.  I have patches that fix most of the serial drivers
and right now I'm working my way through './drivers/char/'.  But I haven't
yet sent them in. 

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