Re: help with modulils for sparc64 debian-installer
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 06:35:21PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out why depmod, insmod, and modprobe are give the
> error that the sparc64 kernel modules are not for this architecture on
> my latest d-i boot cds. I'm using the ones in the modutils-full udeb,
> uname -m reports sparc64, and they match the kernel version. (The
> busybox version is known not to work for sparc64.)
It wound up busybox was insisting on using it's internal versions
despite the corrent binaries being in /sbin. I'm rebuilding busybox
now with modutils disabled.
> I tried setting the enviornment UNAME_MACHINE to sparc64 and that
> didn't help.
Further examination and experimentation showed the (undocumented?)
UNAME_MACHINE feature of modutils is broken as well.
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