Image modules?
Al Johnson
openmoko at mazikeen.demon.co.uk
Sat Jul 4 19:10:19 CEST 2009
On Saturday 04 July 2009, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote:
> > Flashing tar.gz archives makes little sense. You might want to
> >untar it to your / though in case you don't have that modules
> >already.
>
> This is what I am not able to read anywhere:
> *I actually do not know if I already having modules installed? How do
> I test it?
You should if you are using the kernel that matches the rootfs you picked. In
the terminal run:
uname -r
This will tell you the kernel release. You should find a matching directory
under /lib/modules.
> *What is modules used for?
Modules in general are for optional things that you don't want compiled into
the kernel. They are often drivers.
The modules-version.tar.gz contains an archive of the modules for the kernel
of the same version. This is needed by people who want to use a different
kernel to the one originally used for the root image.
> *Is modules (already) included the image?
Yes. The image is built for a particular kernel, and includes the modules for
that kernel.
> *Why is there a separate file called modules? Why not include it in the
> image?
> *Is modules a standard Linux "thing"?
See answers above.
> I am asking as a novice. I have not encountered information about modules
> at: http://wiki.openmoko.org/
The wiki assumes some basic level of linux knowledge. I guess we should
include links to some basic linux primers in the 'getting started' page.
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