Re: What happens to modules after recompiling to a new kernel

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

Irvin Temp said:

>
> Q1. When i recompiled my kernel what happens to the old modules that i
> have will
>
> they be unusable or i can still use this modules?

depends, 95-99% of the time the older modules are unusable. if the
kernel rev is very small, e.g. 2.4.18 to 2.4.19 or 2.2.19 to 2.2.20
you may be able to force a module to load with insmod -f, but most
often this won't work either.


> Q2. Would there be a problem if ill use the modules compiled from the old
> kernel with
>
> the new kernel that im using? e.g use modules from 2.2.19 on the 2.4.19
> kernel..

this certainly won't work, 2.2.19 and 2.4.19 are very different beasts..

nate