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From: Leon Gross <leon.gross@rub.de>
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
	kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: List of all available kernel modules per version
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:55:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8d55ef0a-32bf-6a4d-e742-ad78e5825598@rub.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YUy7hecA+eAxrAxD@kroah.com>


> A:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
> Q: Were do I find info about this thing called top-posting?
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
>
> A: No.
> Q: Should I include quotations after my reply?
>
> http://daringfireball.net/2007/07/on_top
Alright, nice annotation, thanks.

> But how are you mapping a module "name" to what it does?
modprobe [modulename] , i thought that was how a module is mapped to a 
name? Or do you mean something different?

> Why does that matter?

It matters because if I have a problem to solve and I know the kernel 
module that is required to do that (like nvme_tcp) then I can narrow 
down which kernel to use.

> Do a 'make allmodconfig' build for every major release and sort the
> output.  Should be pretty easy to script if you really need this.
That sounds like a way to go.

Thanks alot for your help!

Leon

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-09-23 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-23 16:39 List of all available kernel modules per version Leon Gross
2021-09-23 16:57 ` Greg KH
2021-09-23 17:32   ` Leon Gross
2021-09-23 17:38     ` Greg KH
2021-09-23 17:55       ` Leon Gross [this message]
2021-09-23 18:12         ` Greg KH
2021-09-23 22:04 ` Valdis Klētnieks
2021-09-25  0:08   ` jim.cromie
2021-09-25  3:32     ` Valdis Klētnieks
2021-09-25  3:35       ` Valdis Klētnieks
2021-09-26 18:00       ` jim.cromie

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