Re: What is z3fold and do I need it? (error: /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 12: /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/local.conf: z3fold: not found)

[Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com>]

On 04/03/2022 07:32, Michael Lange wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 07:25:01 -0500
> Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:
>
> (...)
> > > /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs: 12: /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/local.conf:
> > > z3fold: not found
> >
> > Well, as your file says, this is supposed to be a kernel module.  On my
> > system, I have this:
> >
> > unicorn:~$ locate z3fold
> > /lib/modules/5.10.0-10-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko
> > /lib/modules/5.10.0-11-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko
> >
> > However, you're running an oldstable (buster, Debian 10) kernel.  I
> > don't know whether buster's kernels have this module.
>
> they do:
>
> $ locate z3fold
> /lib/modules/4.19.0-17-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko
> /lib/modules/4.19.0-18-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko


So, I do have it:

~$ sudo find /lib/modules/ -iname "*z3fold*"
/lib/modules/4.19.0-17-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko
/lib/modules/4.19.0-14-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko
/lib/modules/4.19.0-8-amd64/kernel/mm/z3fold.ko


Then why doesn't it load up?


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Ottavio Caruso