Re: Kmod not functioning correctly with 2.2.3 kernel
Jason Stokes <jstok@bluedog.apana.org.au> writes:
JS> In order to get sound support for my SB Ensoniq AudioPCI 32, I
JS> compiled a custom 2.2.3 kernel with make-kpkg and installed it.
JS> Alas, the new module interface isn't functioning correctly.
(Actually, it sounds like kmod is in fact DTRTing.)
JS> Certain unused modules are autoloaded on startup, and are never
JS> flushed,
See kmod.txt in the kernel documentation for information on how to
make unused modules go away. If modules are getting unnecessarily
loaded by the Debian startup files, just take them out of
/etc/modules. (Mine is in fact empty.) The potato modutils package
DTRT with cron and kmod.
JS> others (soundcore, es1371) don't autoload on demand. For example,
JS> if I try to run xplaycd I get the kernel message:
JS>
JS> Apr 11 13:57:12 valis modprobe: can't locate module char-major-14
So you ask for sound something. The kernel says "aha! We're opening
a character device with major number 14! Uh...can I get a module for
that?" You need to set up an alias in your conf.modules file for the
char-major-14 device that loads the right sound driver. My
/etc/modutils/sound looks more or less like
post-install soundcore modprobe -ks sb
post-install sb modprobe -ks adlib_card
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
options adlib_card io=0x388
with an "alias char-major-14 soundcore" in /etc/modutils/aliases.
(This is again with the potato modutils package; with a newer version,
throw all of this in conf.modules. And my hardware is a Sound Blaster
16; your entries will definitely differ.)
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