2.6 modules search path

Hannes Mayer h.mayer at inode.at
Tue Jun 29 19:11:16 UTC 2004


Tim Fenn wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 08:25:39PM +0200, Hannes Mayer wrote:
> 
>>Since you just renamed the modules, they are still found, but AFAIK not 
>>used.
>>If you do modprobe cx88xx it should insert the module found in
>>/lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/v4l2/
>>
> 
> 
> well, I gave it a whirl. modprobe'd cx8800, which resulted in a
> lockup.  Now is that because I'm using a potentially
> buggy/experimental module, or because of mixed module-dependency
> errors between the stock and cvs v4l?
> 
> <sigh>
> 
> I should note - modprobe -n -v cx8800 yields the following:
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/media/video/btcx-risc_old.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/media/video/video-buf_old.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/v4l2/cx88xx.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/media/video/videodev.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l2-common_old.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/media/video/v4l1-compat_old.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/i2c/algos/i2c-algo-bit.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/kernel/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88xx_old.ko
> insmod /lib/modules/2.6.6-1.435/v4l2/cx8800.ko

hmmm... I'm clueless sorry...
I do play with own modules every now and then, but didn't replace any
'official' modules so far...
Maybe someone else can help further. Anyone ?

Cheers,
Hannes.





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