[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: More about kernel recompiling.

[Lance Simmons]

On Mon, Aug 05, 2002 at 10:32:32AM -0700, Scott Denlinger wrote:

> Another thing I noticed is that when I did 'make oldconfig', I saw
> that there were a lot of things installed as modules which I actually
> want built directly into the kernel, which is what I'm changing when I
> do 'make xconfig' to get a new kernel. I have pasted in some lines
> from my kernel log, in the hopes that they may give you some specific
> information which might help you understand what is going wrong.
  [...]
> Now it has picked up the new kernel version, but the same modules
> which are loaded when my "good" kernel boots are not loaded in this
> new kernel, and 'lsmod' shows *no* modules loaded.
> 
> As always, any insights gratefully appreciated.

You say there were a lot of things previously installed as modules that
you decided to build directly into the kernel. And then when you boot,
"lsmod" doesn't report any modules loaded. But why would lsmod show any
modules, if you've changed the modules you needed to build them in?
They're no _modules_ any longer: they're part of the kernel.  There
shouldn't be any loaded modules if you've built in all your required
modules.

Can you name any specific module that (1) you need, (2) you _didn't_
build into the kernel, and (3) was loaded automatically with the
previous kernel but does not load with the new kernel?

Or am I misunderstanding what you've been saying? Did you actually
change the needed modules to build them in?

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