According to Mike: While burning my CPU.
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> On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Doin' the Bull Dance, Feelin' the Flow... wrote:
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> > I have configured my network settings, etc... for Linux, but my ethernet
> > card is new (new to the box that is, certainly not new in terms of age!).
> > The kernel doesn't support the card, so it says I either have to recompile
> > the kernel with support for this card or I have to install a module off the
> > Slackware CD I have. So, my question is this: Once I have whichever module
> > I need, then what do I do with it? Where do I put it? How do I get it
> > where it needs to go?!?! I am running Slackware 3.4
> >
> insmod <modulename> should load the module into the kernel.
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> Modules are usually put in /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/, but it doesn't
> really matter.
It "does really matter" read 'man insmod or modprobe' or for the "does'nt
matter" approach you need to define a variable for MODPATH.
A better way to load modules is 'modprobe' this will allow the dependant
modules to be automaticly loaded as well.
One thing i forgot to say was we must first use "depmod -a" to create the
module dependacy file called modules.dep which resides in
/lib/modules/$version/
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> --
> Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Growing old isn't bad when you consider the alternatives.
> -- Maurice Chevalier
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Regards Richard.
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