On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:30, you wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 05:42:44PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> > [start]
> > for x in /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net/*
> > do
> > y=${x##*/}
> > y=${y%%.*}
> > echo -ne " ${GOOD}*${NORMAL} Scanning for
> > ${y}..." insmod -f ${x} > /dev/null 2>&1
> > backup
> > done
> > [end]
> >
> > the uncertainty in my mind being that the e100.o driver is in a
> > subdirectory of /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net/*
>
> It won't load it successfully. You'd need to alter the for loop to
> recursively walk the directory structure. Something like:
>
> for x in $(find /lib/modules/*/kernel/drivers/net/*)
perhaps it might be better to say
for x in $(find /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net/ -type f)
because you do not really want to try to install a directory as if it is a
module.
> I'm not sure how safe/sane it is to load every module you find, and then
> to force load (i.e. insmod -f) it.
I'd agree with those sentiments, perhaps it might be better to modprobe the
module?
--
C. S.
