Re: modules
Rob Dale (rob@nb.net)
Sun, 06 Sep 1998 00:11:08 -0400
Feuer wrote:
>
> I'm sure this was beaten into the ground long ago, but.....
> Would it be possible to modify the kernel module code so that a kernel
> does not have to be compiled to accept a specific module? Having to
> recompile the kernel to add this support is a huge pain, and is probably
> particularly problematic for servers that are supposed to stay up all
> the time. I don't know enough about the way modules are handled to know
> if this would be possible, but it sure would be nice.
Why not just recompile the module?
In any case, if the module is fairly closely related
to the running kernel, you can insmod -f which forces
it in. I've had to do this several times. ;)
It will error out if there's serious problems, like
missing function calls...
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Robert Dale
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