Re: help with modulils for sparc64 debian-installer
On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:48:42PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote:
> 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.
Is it for space reduction, that you disable modutils in busybox?
I would simply include the normal modutils in the image.
>
> > 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.
>
> --
> Blars Blarson blarson@blars.org
Geert Stappers
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