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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-module-init-tools" role="wrap">
<?dbhtml filename="module-init-tools.html"?>
<sect1info condition="script">
<productname>module-init-tools</productname>
<productnumber>&module-init-tools-version;</productnumber>
<address>&module-init-tools-url;</address>
</sect1info>
<title>Module-Init-Tools-&module-init-tools-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools">
<primary sortas="a-Module-Init-Tools">Module-Init-Tools</primary>
</indexterm>
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
<para>The Module-Init-Tools package contains programs for handling kernel
modules in Linux kernels greater than or equal to version 2.5.47.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>&module-init-tools-ch6-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&module-init-tools-ch6-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Module-Init-Tools</title>
<para>To avoid a problem with regenerating the man pages when not needed,
first rewrite a file that just points to another man page:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">echo '.so man5/modprobe.conf.5' > modprobe.d.5</userinput></screen>
<para>The test suite of this package is geared towards the needs of its
Maintainer. The command <command>make check</command> 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
<command>make clean</command> command is required to clean up the source
tree before recompiling for normal use):</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">./configure
make check
./tests/runtests
make clean</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Module-Init-Tools for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/ --enable-zlib-dynamic --mandir=/usr/share/man</userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make INSTALL=install install</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>INSTALL=install</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>Normally, <command>make install</command> will not install the
binaries if they already exist. This option overrides that behavior by
calling <command>install</command> instead of using the default
wrapper script.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="contents-module-init-tools" role="content">
<title>Contents of Module-Init-Tools</title>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
<seg>depmod, insmod, insmod.static, lsmod, modinfo, modprobe, and rmmod</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
<varlistentry id="depmod">
<term><command>depmod</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Creates a dependency file based on the symbols it finds in the
existing set of modules; this dependency file is used by
<command>modprobe</command> to automatically load the required
modules</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools depmod">
<primary sortas="b-depmod">depmod</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="insmod">
<term><command>insmod</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Installs a loadable module in the running kernel</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod">
<primary sortas="b-insmod">insmod</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="insmod.static">
<term><command>insmod.static</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>A statically compiled version of <command>insmod</command></para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools insmod.static">
<primary sortas="b-insmod.static">insmod.static</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="lsmod">
<term><command>lsmod</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Lists currently loaded modules</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools lsmod">
<primary sortas="b-lsmod">lsmod</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="modinfo">
<term><command>modinfo</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Examines an object file associated with a kernel module and
displays any information that it can glean</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modinfo">
<primary sortas="b-modinfo">modinfo</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="modprobe">
<term><command>modprobe</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Uses a dependency file, created by
<command>depmod</command>, to automatically load relevant modules</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools modprobe">
<primary sortas="b-modprobe">modprobe</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="rmmod">
<term><command>rmmod</command></term>
<listitem>
<para>Unloads modules from the running kernel</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-module-init-tools rmmod">
<primary sortas="b-rmmod">rmmod</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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