Re: module-info?

2003-03-03 Thread Mike Reed
Looking on my system module-info is also used by "kernelcfg".  This seems to be a GUI to edit /etc/modules.conf.  Is module-info perhaps a database of valid parameters for the various kernel modules?  A complete stab in the dark. Mike. Michael Fratoni wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE--

Re: module-info?

2003-03-02 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:17:16 -0800 (PST), Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > With the exception that tools like redhat-config-network or anaconda use > > a customized copy of a module-info file. > > I can't find

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 March 2003 07:20 pm, J. M. Brenner wrote: > This is what he in fact said: > >This seems to be the most closely guarded secret in RedHat. I've >searched through hundreds of newsgroup articles going back six years >trying to

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread J. M. Brenner
Jonathan Bartlett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't *expect* anything. Except the odd flame thrower or course. > > Then you should re-word your postings. > > > I thought I would try and ask for help. I didn't expect to be told not > > to ask for help by somebody. > > You weren't. You

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Michael A. Peters
On Sat, 2003-03-01 at 05:42, Jonathan Bartlett wrote: > > I didn't *expect* anything. Except the odd flame thrower or course. > > Then you should re-word your postings. > > > I thought I would try and ask for help. I didn't expect to be told not > > to ask for help by somebody. > > You weren't

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote: > With the exception that tools like redhat-config-network or anaconda use > a customized copy of a module-info file. I can't find a reference to module-info in /usr/sbin/redhat-config-network or /usr/share/redhat-config-network/netconfpkg/* so I'm not

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Jonathan Bartlett
> I didn't *expect* anything. Except the odd flame thrower or course. Then you should re-word your postings. > I thought I would try and ask for help. I didn't expect to be told not > to ask for help by somebody. You weren't. You were told not to _demand_ help by somebody, which you did. Jon

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Mike Reed
Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Mike Reed wrote: that someone from Red Hat who knows the answer would read this list. As I said it makes you think that this is some guarded secret in Red If it's module-related, then by definition it's kernel related. Why

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 11:22:40 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > It is specific to Red Hat. It is not referenced by any of the kernel > source files. And external tools don't access the file in /boot > either and hence stop working if the file is deleted.

Re: module-info?

2003-03-01 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:59:35 -0800 (PST), Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > If it's module-related, then by definition it's kernel related. With the exception that tools like redhat-config-network or anaconda use a customized copy of a module-info file. > If

Re: module-info?

2003-02-28 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Mike Reed wrote: > that someone from Red Hat who knows the answer would read this list. > As I said it makes you think that this is some guarded secret in Red If it's module-related, then by definition it's kernel related. Why don't you ask on a kernel-related list, rather

Re: module-info?

2003-02-28 Thread Mike Reed
Well thanks for that Michael but once again another non-definitive answer.  It's strange, I mean this is the redhat-list, you would think that someone from Red Hat who knows the answer would read this list.  As I said it makes you think that this is some guarded secret in Red Hat, or just a big

Re: module-info?

2003-02-28 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:15:53 +, Mike Reed wrote: > This seems to be the most closely guarded secret in RedHat. I've > searched through hundreds of newsgroup articles going back six years > trying to find the answer to "What is /boot/module-info

Re: module-info

2002-12-16 Thread Jack Bowling
** Reply to message from "Irigaray, Carlos Alberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:47:57 -0500 > I will like to know what the module-info file is for. I have been looking > for information about it but couldn't find anything on Google or Redhat. > > I compiled a new kernel and even