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On Wednesday 18 April 2007, reader@×××××××.com wrote about '[gentoo-user] |
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Add a module post kernel config/build': |
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> Summary: |
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> How can I add an additional module once I've configured/built a kernel? |
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> Details: After looking thru the handbook, especially section about |
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> kernel config, I don't see information about how to add a module once |
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> a kernel is built and running. |
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For in-tree modules, go into the kernel source directory, use menuconfig or |
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whatever to set that configuration setting to 'm', make, make |
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modules-install. (Or, at least, that's my preferred method modulo typos.) |
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Changing kernel settings doesn't always require a new kernel image; here's |
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a table (please view in a fixed width font. |
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Old New Result |
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N M Rebuild modules |
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N Y Rebuild image |
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M N No rebuild needed |
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M Y Rebuild image [1] |
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Y N Rebuild image |
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Y M Rebuild image |
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If the image needs rebuilding, you'll also need to rebuild all modules. |
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You'll also want to re-install anything you had to rebuild. |
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[1]: Remove the module from /lib/modules to make sure you don't try and |
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load it twice. |
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