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How to get a list of active drivers that are statically built into the linux kernel?
While I can use lsmod in order to show currently active kernel modules, how can I see which drivers are statically built into the kernel AND currently active?
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What is "modloop" option in Alpine?
I'm trying to understand what is the difference of making Alpine installation medium as read-only type (LiveCD) and as a standard disk mode (where the OS state can be saved). I've seen the modloop ...
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Do both lsmod and /proc/modules use the same mechanism to retrieve modules?
I can get a list of modules using either lsmod or cat /proc/modules. Do the two approaches use the same mechanism to retrieve the modules? I want to know this as we could use it to find some hidden ...
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Where do I look for Linux kernel module documentation?
Where do I look for Linux kernel module documentation?
For example, I've tried googling the module iwlagn, but I cannot find anything that tells me about available options. Where do I look?
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Linux kernel - check currently used drivers
Is it possible to check what drivers from linux kernel source are used for currently working devices in the system? I know that usually device drivers are written as kernel modules, but some of them ...
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Oracle Virtualbox on statically compiled kernel
I can't seem to find any documentation on the subject. I'm working on putting together a linux install for a fairly "dirty" environment. Best practice there would be a statically compiled kernel ...
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Linux kernel compiling: standalone OS
Hi guys I'm new to linux kernel compiling so I have some question:
By compiling linux kernel are we building a totally standalone OS which doesn't depend on any linux destributions?
If yes... Well ...
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dkms does not find kernel source
For days now I am trying to get ZFS-on-Linux working on Debian 7 but the module doesn't want to compile:
# dpkg-reconfigure zfs-dkms
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Deleting module version: 0.6.3
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How to fix nvidia-current not found after modprobe?
I'm using Debian 10 (Buster) with a NVidia GT630 graphics card on a i386 system.
apt install nvidia-driver installed nvidia-legacy-390xx drivers.
Unfortunately the kernel module doesn't load (output ...
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How to use hwsim, "Module mac80211_hwsim not found in directory" error
I have tried using this guide:
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/mac80211_hwsim
and did
modprobe mac80211_hwsim
However the output is:
modprobe: FATAL: Module mac80211_hwsim not ...
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Force a Linux kernel module to be compiled as a module instead of built-in
I have the sources of the kernel of an embedded Linux box (specifically a QNAP NAS) which is running a 64-bit v3.12.6 Linux kernel, together with the kernel config files.
What I'm trying to do is ...
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Linux - How to list all device nodes using a specific device driver
I know I can see what driver is being used for a device node if I know the major and minor number of the device(see this link).
But I want to know if there's a way to list all device nodes that are ...
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__modver_version_show undefined error when building linux kernel 3.0.4 version
I tried to build the linux kernel 3.0.4 on ubuntu 11.10 in virtualbox. Here are my steps:
Download the source code
tar xjvf linux-source-3.0.0.tar.bz2
cd linux-source-3.0.0
make menuconfig, changed ...
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How to downgrade Linux kernel
I have a Linux machine running RHEL3.8 with kernel release 2.4.21-66.ELsmp.
How can I downgrade the Linux kernel to 2.4.21-47.ELsmp?
Second:
About the last kernel upgrade, can we find logs somewhere ...
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Disable "longhaul" kernel module with a GRUB command?
I've got a problem with a VIA C3 (1GHz)-system: the system freezes immediately when the CPU frequency goes under 731MHz because of an incompatibility with the (not completely implemented) i686 ...
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