Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 20:01:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 20:01:30 -0400 Received: from marine.sonic.net ([208.201.224.37]:39779 "HELO marine.sonic.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Mon, 9 Jul 2001 20:01:16 -0400 X-envelope-info: Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 17:01:15 -0700 From: Mike Castle To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Regarding the make module_install. Message-ID: <20010709170114.A5912@thune.mrc-home.com> Reply-To: Mike Castle Mail-Followup-To: Mike Castle , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010709234259.42707.qmail@web14903.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.18i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jul 09, 2001 at 04:42:59PM -0700, sendhil kumar wrote: > Can any one update me about, what make module and make make modules compiles and links the modules > module_install do? What is the difference between the module_install places them in /lib/modules/`uname -a`/* > insmod command and module_install? insmod first looks in /lib/modules/`uname -a`/* to load the module into kernel space. [certain details may be incorrect, but that the general idea.] mrc -- Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/