Re: A quicky on kerneld and kmod.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Hello,
>
> >From the docs that I've read in the kernel source, I gathered
> that kerneld and kmod are two different utils to load modules.
>
> But how do I know which one is being used on my system, and
> does it really a make big difference?
It really doesn't make a difference, but it looks like you misunderstood
the kernel source. kerneld is no longer used; it was replaced by kmod,
which is a kernel thread that has the same functionality. This change was
made to simplify the kernel source. Unless you're using a very old
modutils (ie older than 2.1.83 or so; Debian has been using at least
2.1.121 for over a year) kerneld will refuse to load on a system that uses
a mid-range 2.1 kernel (which there is no reason to use anyway).
You whether you're using kerneld or kmod based on the kernel version:
2.0.x needs kerneld, while 2.2.x/2.3.x use kmod.
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