From: Bongani Hlope <bonganilinux@mweb.co.za>
To: detlef.grittner@t-online.de (Detlef Grittner)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.1: modprobe behaves strange
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:25:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040112222508.04054b59.bonganilinux@mweb.co.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4002FF88.3000303@t-online.de>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:11:52 +0100
detlef.grittner@t-online.de (Detlef Grittner) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the x86_64 architecture branch and have simply copied the
> kernel into my configuration of a 2.4.21 kernel.
>
> I have the following lines in /etc/modules.conf:
>
> alias eth0 r8169
>
> alias snd-card-0 snd-via82xx
>
> With the 2.4.21 kernel everything worked fine, with the 2.6.1 kernel I
> get the following behavior:
>
> modprobe eth0
> (no error, but r8169 not loaded)
>
> modprobe r8169
> (module r8169 is loaded and works)
>
> modprobe snd-card-0
> (FATAL: Modul snd_card_0 not found)
>
> modprobe snd-via82xx
> (module snd-via82xx is loaded and works)
>
>
> I'm not really a kernel expert and so I have to ask:
> Am I right, that this could be a problem of the kernel?
> Is this the wildcard problem that was fixed in mm1?
> Should I try mm1 or where should I begin to search for the problem?
>
> Detlef
>
you have to install module-init-tools it has a modprobe that works with 2.6 modules. See Document/Changes under your linux 2.6 sorce
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-01-12 20:11 Detlef Grittner
2004-01-12 20:19 ` David T Hollis
2004-01-12 20:25 ` Bongani Hlope [this message]
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