This package contains programs used to manage a Linux modular
kernel. Utilities to insert and remove modules both automatically
as manual are included, as well as tools manage modules and kernel
symbols.
This package is required if you want to compile a kernel with
module support enabled.
Documentation included with this package:
Some notes about how I packaged the modutils:
- I modified depmod and modprobe so they print the pathlist only when
-v is given.
- kerneld is compiled without the "pid" extensions. See README.kerneld
for more information.
- the "persist" extension is also not included, since it is still
experimental. See README.kerneld and the example sources
check_persist.c and admpersist in the source for more
information.
- support for older kernels in insmod is still relatively untested.
- only 2.x.x kernels are supported
- if you want to compile this package, you must have:
- binutils 2.7.0.9 or later
- kernel includes from a 2.1 kernel (the newer the better).
- a C compiler (obviously)
Wichert Akkerman,
wakkerma@wi.leidenuniv.nl, Mon, 21 Apr 1997 22:27:36 +0200