re: smarter install
>> 4. During the installation process a kernel will be
>>compiled. This
>>kernel
>> includes some modules. If you later compile your
own >>kernel without
>>any
>> modules then you get you get warnings during the
>>boot process.
>> What can you do against this? A better
documentation >>in
>>kernel-package?
>I don't understand this one... We don't compile
>kernels during the
>install process ...
I've seen this one and can explain. When I installed
the stock kernel during install (the pre compiled one)
I ended up with most stuff being modules (lp, serial,
eth etc). I then downloaded the kernel source
package, and the kernel-package package and compiled
my own kernel, only this time lp, serial , eth were
BUILT IN (not modules). I then installed the new
kernel.deb that I just built. Guess what. The lp,
serial, and eth modules ARE STILL LISTED IN
/etc/modules. BUT they don't exist anymore in
/lib/modules/2.2.whatever
So I get a message during boot, "can't find module
....". It's harmless since the desired function is in
the kernel already, (but if for some reason the module
WAS found in /lib/modules/... and WAS also built into
the kernel, hmmmm not so good!
It seems that you MUST edit /etc/modules when you
install a new kernel, or run modconf again and clean
out the entries that don't exist anymore.
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