Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > Because, as of kernel 2.5.48 the kernel modules now end in .ko and have a > > completely different internal structure. The new module-init-tools does > not > > handle old style modules, but recognizes and passes them on to modutils. > > The old

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 00:26, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > It seems that modutils and module-init-tools are duplicating most of the > > work. > > Both of them do some check as of the kernel's ability to load modules, > > module-init-tools also checks

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 20:59, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > modultils -- kernel < 2.5.48 > > > module-init-tools -- kernel >= 2.5.48 > > > > > > Of course, module if module-init-tools finds an earlier kernel, it passes > > the > > > work on to the o

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 20:59, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > modultils -- kernel < 2.5.48 > > > module-init-tools -- kernel >= 2.5.48 > > > > > > Of course, module if module-init-tools finds an earlier kernel, it passes > > the > > > work on to the o

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-31 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > modultils -- kernel < 2.5.48 > > module-init-tools -- kernel >= 2.5.48 > > > > Of course, module if module-init-tools finds an earlier kernel, it passes > the > > work on to the old version. > > > > They are still almost the same, except for t

Re: modutils and module-init-tools duplicating work

2003-08-28 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > It seems that modutils and module-init-tools are duplicating most of the > work. > Both of them do some check as of the kernel's ability to load modules, > module-init-tools also checks for /proc/modules. > Then both run depmod, modutils does a bit