On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 09:54:30AM -0700, Laurent de Segur wrote: > > Is the loading mechanism for kernel modules supported on the PPC platform? > Can I compile my kernel without a specific module then compile the driver > and store it in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/ or am I better off compiling > as a big monolithic kernel? My problem is understanding where the kernel modules work fine on powerpc. (unless your taking i386 modules and expecting them to work on powerpc) > image stored on the bootstrap partition (vmlinux) kicks in the root > partition and can see the drivers if it can see them at all on it. the kernel is not stored on teh bootstrap partition, its stored on your ext2 / partition or your ext2 /boot partition. never on teh bootstrap partition. > I was looking at the PowerPC installation disk for debian. I noticed that > there is a file in there called drivers.tar.gz. What am I supposed to do > with this file? Should I leave it in the bootstrap dir uncompressed next to > yaboot and vmlinux files? Decompress it and move it in the /lib/modules/ dir > in my root partition? Puzzled. the installation system will use it to install the kernel drivers. you should not extract it yourself. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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