%general-entities; ]> module-init-tools &module-init-tools-version;

&module-init-tools-url;

Module-Init-Tools To avoid a problem with regenerating the man pages when not needed, first rewrite a file that just points to another man page: echo '.so man5/modprobe.conf.5' > modprobe.d.5 The test suite of this package is geared towards the needs of its Maintainer. The command make check builds a specially wrapped version of modprobe which is useless for normal operation. To run this (about 0.2 SBU), issue the following commands (note that the make clean command is required to clean up the source tree before recompiling for normal use): ./configure make check ./tests/runtests make clean Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/ --enable-zlib-dynamic --mandir=/usr/share/man Compile the package: make Install the package: make INSTALL=install install INSTALL=install Normally, make install will not install the binaries if they already exist. This option overrides that behavior by calling install instead of using the default wrapper script. Installed programs depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and rmmod Short Descriptions depmod Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by modprobe to automatically load the required modules depmod insmod Installs a loadable module in the running kernel insmod insmod.static A statically compiled version of insmod insmod.static lsmod Lists currently loaded modules lsmod modinfo Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean modinfo modprobe Uses a dependency file, created by depmod, to automatically load relevant modules modprobe rmmod Unloads modules from the running kernel rmmod