From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f175.google.com ([209.85.210.175]:65234 "EHLO mail-yx0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751160AbZIEQYV (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:24:21 -0400 Received: by yxe5 with SMTP id 5so3767531yxe.33 for ; Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:24:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4AA290CF.5000806@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:24:47 +1000 From: Jed MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux Media Mailing List Subject: Re: generic question References: <4AA28EBB.5070401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4AA28EBB.5070401@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-media-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Actually I just realised... I think when the system reboots it will only load the modules it needs from /lib/modules/[kernel version]/kernel/drivers/media... It won't load everything in that directory into the kernel/memory right? So the only reason one might want to use "make menuconfig"; is to prevent irrelevant compiled modules ending up in... /lib/modules/[kernel version]/kernel/drivers/media Feel free to correct if this understanding is wrong. Cheers Jed wrote: > I installed _all_ dvb-v4l modules after compiling latest source > because at the time I couldn't use "make menuconfig" (didn't have > ncurses installed) > Is there a way I can retrospectively remove some compiled/installed > modules so that I'm only using the ones I need? > I only need modules associated with: > http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Saa7162_devices#DNTV_PCI_Express_cards > > > Cheers, > Jed >