Re: Module link

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:55:39 +1000 (EST) yh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Thanks for all helps. The module can now be loaded. There are some other
> issues as descripbled as follows:
> 
> 1. The module I used links to i2c drivers. It works fine in kernel 2.4
> after "insmod NewModule.o", but now it has a NULL point in kernel 2.6 when
> to init it. It seems that the i2c driver is not linked in the module. How
> can I link an i2c to my driver module?

Sorry, I don't understand the question.
Where is the driver source code?

> 2. In kernel 2.4, when I call "insmod NewModule.o", the insmod can find
> the path of the NewModule.o and to init the module. In 2.6 kernel, the
> "insmod NewModule.ko" does not know the path, so I have to specify the
> path explicitly as "insmod
> /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/drivers/char/NewModule.ko" to make it work. I
> guess the above problem in question 1 may also related to this issue. What
> did I wrong here?

In module-init-tools, insmod requires full path and modprobe
does not (it searches for the file).

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~Randy
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