Hi, Sorry if this questions looks strange, even stupid. I tried digging the FAQ/Installation to get some answers for that, but it would seem that PowerPC specific materials don't come out easily from the docs, at least that is how I feel coming from the x86 side. I still like the machine better though, so it's worse the extra efforts ;-)
Is the loading mechanism for kernel modules supported on the PPC platform? Can I compile my kernel without a specific module then compile the driver and store it in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/ or am I better off compiling as a big monolithic kernel? My problem is understanding where the kernel image stored on the bootstrap partition (vmlinux) kicks in the root partition and can see the drivers if it can see them at all on it. I was looking at the PowerPC installation disk for debian. I noticed that there is a file in there called drivers.tar.gz. What am I supposed to do with this file? Should I leave it in the bootstrap dir uncompressed next to yaboot and vmlinux files? Decompress it and move it in the /lib/modules/ dir in my root partition? Puzzled. Thanks for your help in advance. Laurent
