On Saturday 04 July 2009, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote: > > Flashing tar.gz archives makes little sense. You might want to > >untar it to your / though in case you don't have that modules > >already. > > This is what I am not able to read anywhere: > *I actually do not know if I already having modules installed? How do > I test it?
You should if you are using the kernel that matches the rootfs you picked. In the terminal run: uname -r This will tell you the kernel release. You should find a matching directory under /lib/modules. > *What is modules used for? Modules in general are for optional things that you don't want compiled into the kernel. They are often drivers. The modules-version.tar.gz contains an archive of the modules for the kernel of the same version. This is needed by people who want to use a different kernel to the one originally used for the root image. > *Is modules (already) included the image? Yes. The image is built for a particular kernel, and includes the modules for that kernel. > *Why is there a separate file called modules? Why not include it in the > image? > *Is modules a standard Linux "thing"? See answers above. > I am asking as a novice. I have not encountered information about modules > at: http://wiki.openmoko.org/ The wiki assumes some basic level of linux knowledge. I guess we should include links to some basic linux primers in the 'getting started' page. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community