The Modutils package contains programs for handling kernel modules.
Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU Approximate build time: 2.9 MB
Modutils installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Bison, Coreutils, Diffutils, Flex, GCC, Glibc, Grep, M4, Make, Sed.
Prepare Modutils for compilation:
./configure
Compile the package:
make
Install it:
make install
Installed programs: depmod, genksyms, insmod, insmod_ksymoops_clean, kallsyms (link to insmod), kernelversion, ksyms (link to insmod), lsmod (link to insmod), modinfo, modprobe (link to insmod) and rmmod (link to insmod)
depmod creates a dependency file, based on the symbols it finds in the existing set of modules. This dependency file is used by modprobe to automatically load the required modules.
genksyms generates symbol version information.
insmod installs a loadable module in the running kernel.
insmod_ksymoops_clean deletes saved ksyms and modules not accessed for two days.
kallsyms extracts all kernel symbols for debugging.
kernelversion reports the major version of the running kernel.
ksyms displays exported kernel symbols.
lsmod shows which modules are loaded.
modinfo examines an object file associated with a kernel module and displays any information that it can glean.
modprobe uses a dependency file, created by depmod, to automatically load the relevant modules.