On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 07:14:47PM +0300, Andrey Borzenkov wrote:
> Is it correct that /sys/module lists module *file* names (sans -_ confusion)?
> Is it possible to find out if module is built in or truly external? The goal
> is to automate initrd build by walking from /dev/root up and pulling in all
> modules. Now missing module may mean that it is built in or that it is really
> missing :) In my case:
>
> {pts/1}% for i in /sys/module/*
> for> do
> for> grep -q ${i:t} /proc/modules || echo $i
> for> done
> /sys/module/8250
> /sys/module/i8042
> /sys/module/md_mod
> /sys/module/psmouse
> /sys/module/tcp_bic
> {pts/1}% for i in $(lsmod | awk '{print $1}')
> do
> [[ -d /sys/module/$i ]] || echo $i
> done
> Module
>
> so it looks quite reliable up to built in modules. Is there any information
> that could be exported in sysfs (like "builtin" == 0|1)?
What would that be needed for? You can always just compare the list
with /proc/modules, right?
thanks,
greg k-h
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