Re: What happens to modules after recompiling to a new kernel

2002-09-10 Thread Geoff Crompton
On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 09:58:54PM -0700, Irvin Temp wrote: > > Good day, > > Trying to understand things as much as i can. I need a little help on some concepts > here. I installed linux and it detected my hardware e.g lancard and loaded the > module for it. After installation i downloaded la

Re: What happens to modules after recompiling to a new kernel

2002-09-10 Thread nate
Irvin Temp said: > > Q1. When i recompiled my kernel what happens to the old modules that i > have will > > they be unusable or i can still use this modules? depends, 95-99% of the time the older modules are unusable. if the kernel rev is very small, e.g. 2.4.18 to 2.4.19 or 2.2.19 to 2.2.20 you

What happens to modules after recompiling to a new kernel

2002-09-10 Thread Irvin Temp
Good day, Trying to understand things as much as i can. I need a little help on some concepts here. I installed linux and it detected my hardware e.g lancard and loaded the module for it. After installation i downloaded latest kernel and recompiled it with drivers builtin the kernel.    Q1. When