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kmod - Linux kernel module handling
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Information
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===========
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Mailing list:
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linux-modules@vger.kernel.org (no subscription needed)
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Signed packages:
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http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kmod/
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Git:
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
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http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
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Gitweb:
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/kernel/kmod/kmod.git
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Irc:
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#kmod on irc.freenode.org
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License:
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LGPLv2.1+ for libkmod, testsuite and helper libraries
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GPLv2+ for tools/*
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OVERVIEW
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========
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kmod is a set of tools to handle common tasks with Linux kernel modules like
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insert, remove, list, check properties, resolve dependencies and aliases.
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These tools are designed on top of libkmod, a library that is shipped with
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kmod. See libkmod/README for more details on this library and how to use it.
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The aim is to be compatible with tools, configurations and indexes from
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module-init-tools project.
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Compilation and installation
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============================
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In order to compiler the source code you need following software packages:
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- GCC compiler
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- GNU C library
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Optional dependencies:
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- ZLIB library
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- LZMA library
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Typical configuration:
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./configure CFLAGS="-g -O2" --prefix=/usr \
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--sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib
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Configure automatically searches for all required components and packages.
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To compile and install run:
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make && make install
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Hacking
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=======
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Run 'bootstrap' script before configure. If you want to accept the recommended
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flags, you just need to run 'bootstrap-configure'.
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Make sure to read the CODING-STYLE file and the other READMEs: libkmod/README
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and testsuite/README.
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Compatibility with module-init-tools
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====================================
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kmod replaces module-init-tools, which is end-of-life. Most of its tools are
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rewritten on top of libkmod so it can be used as a drop in replacements.
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Somethings however were changed. Reasons vary from "the feature was already
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long deprecated on module-init-tools" to "it would be too much trouble to
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support it".
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There are several features that are being added in kmod, but we don't
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keep track of them here.
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modprobe
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--------
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* 'modprobe -l' was marked as deprecated and does not exist anymore
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* 'modprobe -t' is gone, together with 'modprobe -l'
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* modprobe doesn't parse configuration files with names not ending in
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'.alias' or '.conf'. modprobe used to warn about these files.
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* modprobe doesn't parse 'config' and 'include' commands in configuration
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files.
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* modprobe from m-i-t does not honour softdeps for install commands. E.g.:
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config:
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install bli "echo bli"
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install bla "echo bla"
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softdep bla pre: bli
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With m-i-t, the output of 'modprobe --show-depends bla' will be:
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install "echo bla"
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While with kmod:
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install "echo bli"
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install "echo bla"
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* kmod doesn't dump the configuration as is in the config files. Instead it
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dumps the configuration as it was parsed. Therefore, comments and file names
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are not dumped, but on the good side we know what the exact configuration
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kmod is using. We did this because if we only want to know the entire content
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of configuration files, it's enough to use find(1) in modprobe.d directories
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depmod
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------
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* there's no 'depmod -m' option: legacy modules.*map files are gone
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lsmod
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-----
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* module-init-tools used /proc/modules to parse module info. kmod uses
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/sys/module/*, but there's a fallback to /proc/modules if the latter isn't
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available
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