Re: question about 2.6 modules

[Eric Estabrooks <eric@urbanrage.com>]

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lky wrote:

> Hi:
> I reinstalled my linux system today. I installed the Redhat9.0 first.
> Then I installed 2.6-based SELinux. In fact I installed two 2.6
> kernels. One is the maintenance kernel with SELinux disabled and the
> other with SELinux enabled.Before the installation I installed the new
> modutils (downloaded from
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rusty/modules) for the
> 2.6 kernel first. And then I modified the /etc/rc.sysinit, just let
> '/proc/sys/kernel/modprobe' replaced by '/sbin/modprobe'.After that I
> installed the maintenance kernel first. Everything is ok but when I
> rebooted the new kernel I found modules such as my network card and
> loopback device can't be automatically loaded to work yet. Why? The
> modules should work after installed the new modutils for 2.6 kernel.
> Have I forgot something?
> Thanks!
> lky


do the modules have .ko instead of .o? the 2.6 kernel modules now need
to end in .ko to be automatically loaded, and it is just a name
difference. I had this problem with some modules that I had compiled for
2.6 and I just renamed them and depmod'd and they worked fine.

Eric


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