modutils
The modutils package contains utilities that are intended to make a Linux modular kernel manageable for all users, administrators, and distribution maintainers.
| Tags | Utilities |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
Recent releases
- 02 Nov 2004 03:05
Changes: An ambiguous or invalid backslash in insmod.8 was fixed. The alias loop check was moved higher up. The alias for pg was corrected to be a char device, not a block device. A bugfix was made for obj-arm plt/got. Combined i386 is only used as the default if the user has x86_64 ELF headers. The INSTALL and README files were updated. configure.in was reordered to move tests that require gcc to after the point where gcc is defined.
- 10 Sep 2003 19:13
Changes: hppa and hppa64 were added to the list of architectures that have function descriptors. Combined s390/s390x support was added.
- 12 Jan 2003 22:26
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 07 Nov 2002 13:24
Changes: ksymoops support for the sbss section has bee nadded. Include can handle multiple files with globbing.
- 20 Sep 2002 13:13
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- All comments
Recent commentsRe: Suggestion for Modprobe
> After guessing and re-compiling kernel +
> module several dozen times, I found the
> culprit: there are several files on
> "/dev" directory related to non existent
> hardware device. You should delete this
> "/dev/.." files to eliminate the
> message.
Chcek out the /dev/MAKEDEV script.
Suggestion for Modprobe
Hi
I use RedHat 7.3 and after re-compiling kernel + modules I got the following warning / error message at bootup:
"Cann't locate module Block-Major-..."
After guessing and re-compiling kernel + module several dozen times, I found the culprit: there are several files on "/dev" directory related to non existent hardware device. You should delete this "/dev/.." files to eliminate the message.
Perhaps Modutils author can print/mention the device name that cause the "Cann't..." message to help debugging / solving the problem.
At present it is difficult to find the offending "/dev/..." files. You should run the following command:
ls -l /dev > out1.txt
Search the out1.txt for major device number of "/dev/..." files, usually before "," (coma) sign. Find the correct number related to the modprobe warning.
If the hardware device related to "/dev/..." file does not exist on your machine, delete this file.
Bug in insmod
Insmod handles the following legal command correctly:
insmod module symbol=value
But the following illegal command line throws insmod into an infinite loop:
insmod module symbol
E-mail with a possible solution has been sent to Richard Henderson.