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diff --git a/docs/README b/docs/README index 4de3c0ae5..d3432e34c 100644 --- a/docs/README +++ b/docs/README @@ -111,3 +111,33 @@ For cdrom install, the ramdisk is used to speed up things (access time is quite high on cdrom drives) For pcmcia, it depends on the type of install. + + +******************************************************************************** +* modules ********************************************************************** +******************************************************************************** +Modules can be found in at least 3 places: +- in /modules/modules.cgz +- in /lib/modules/ +- in /lib/modules/modules.cpio.bz2 + +/modules/modules.cgz is used in stage1. It contains only modules interesting for +one kind of install. For example in an gi_hd install, it contains scsi modules. +For an gi_network install, it contains network card modules. + +/lib/modules/ contains modules that should be in /lib/modules/modules.cpio.bz2 +but are not for speed up. The serial.o module is there to speed up mouseconfig. + +/lib/modules/modules.cpio.bz2 contains every module except those of +/lib/modules/ + + +To install a module, use modprobe which is in /usr/bin. It's a perl wrapper +around /usr/bin/insmod. It uses the dependencies found in +/lib/modules/modules.dep (stage1). + +/usr/bin/insmod is a wrapper around /usr/bin/insmod_. It just extracts the +module out of /lib/modules/modules.cpio.bz2 in /tmp. Then it calls insmod_. + +/usr/bin/insmod_ is the real prog (which you usually find in /sbin/). You need +to give it the complete path. |