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On Sun 09 Oct 2011 10:23:50 AM IST, Lavender wrote: |
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> Yeah, your reply is exact what I mean , but I'm really confused by |
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> those modules' names, I can't find any contact between the hard device |
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> name and its module name . For example, there is a module named |
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> 3c59x.ko , I totally don't know what device it present for , I mean I |
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> can't figure out that which module correspond to which device though I |
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> know the hard devices consisted of my PC. So I need information about |
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> contact between them so that I could know what modules need to be |
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> chosen in kernel , also the options of kernel are quiet a lot , |
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> there're many features that I never heard , I want to find them out . |
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> May be you think these problems are too easy , but I have never |
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> contacted them before . Forum I visited and books about Linux I readed |
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> are both not mentioned them , so I wish you all could instruct me. |
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Kernel module names are usually named according to a specific naming |
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scheme like <name of product manufacturer><name of model number>.ko |
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So here, 3c59x.ko is 3COM 59X device. 3COM ethernet cards are quite |
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common. |
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Nilesh Govindarajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |
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