On Mon,05.Apr.10, 07:36:03, Lubos Rendek wrote: > thanks guys for this.. Now what is the best way to link modules to a > specific hardware. for example my lsmod shows that I use 'ecb' module. > For someone like me this name does not say much. Is there a way to > find which module belongs to which piece of hardware? $ /sbin/modinfo ecb filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-4-amd64/kernel/crypto/ecb.ko description: ECB block cipher algorithm license: GPL depends: vermagic: 2.6.32-4-amd64 SMP mod_unload modversions (I use the full path because modinfo is in /sbin, which is usually not in the user's $PATH). But if you are curious only about the hardware related modules lspci will tell what modules are used by the respective hardware. You will need to run it as root with the -vvv parameters. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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