Re: query_modules syscall gone? Any replacement?

Jesper Juhl
2005-09-13T15:50:04Z

On 9/13/05, iSteve <isteve@rulez.cz> wrote:
> > Nope, they are not prevented. However, there is a Tainted flag
> > that is set when one is loaded (and that flag is never cleared).
> >
>
> Okay, I've been wrong in my conclusion and I gotta read some fine manual
> about how the modules actually work -- could you recommend me some in
> particular?
>

Well, the depmod(8), lsmod(8), insmod(8), modprobe(8), modules.dep(5),
depmod.old(8) and modprobe.conf(5) man pages all have various bits of
info.

There's also some info in chapter 2 of "Linux Device Drivers, Third
Edition" - http://lwn.net/images/pdf/LDD3/ch02.pdf

Then there's The Linux Kernel Module Programming Guide -
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/lkmpg/2.6/html/

As well as the Linux Loadable Kernel Module HOWTO -
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Module-HOWTO/

Also take a look at the file Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt in your
kernel source dir.

That's just a little bit of reading material for you :)

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