Re: 2.4 kernels, modules_install
I assume you were using a 2.2.x kernel before.
Woody works with 2.4.x kernels.
I think the problem as I had it is modutils is an old copy and needs
updating.
Look at the changes log in the Documentation folder for more information
about want version is needed.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Crawford" <tc@crawfords.de>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 9:15 PM
Subject: ?!: 2.4 kernels, modules_install
> Hi gang!
>
> It seems the behavior of "make modules_install" has changed
> radically with linux 2.4. Or is it just me?
>
> Contrary to what I've become accustomed to, the 2.4.2 from
> kernel.org seems to have put all its modules into
> /lib/modules/2.4.2/kernel/..., in a directory tree that matches
> that of the source. And it doesn't find them on booting. I could
> "understand" this if "make modules_install" ended with an error,
> but it didn't. So I tried a .deb of 2.4.0-test11, and same
> thing.
>
> Any ideas? May I add that I read the docs in the source package
> and browsed the kernel.org list archives, and haven't found
> anything about intended changes in this regard, so I guess
> something's broken on my system, which is potato. All the 2.2.17
> kernels I built on it worked fine, including some ISDN patches.
> I'd like to use the ISDN drivers that are in the 2.4s, though,
> since the back-ports to 2.2 are somewhat backlogged.
>
> In anticipatory gratitude for all kinds of astute tips,
>
> Tony
>
> -- Tony Crawford
> -- tc@crawfords.de
> -- +49-3341-30 99 99
>
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