Re: /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc - shouldn't this be a directory?

[Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ben Lancaster writes:

> On 4 Jun 2006, at 21:23, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> > Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > > Ben Lancaster writes:
> > >
> > > > Hey,
> > > >
> > > > I can't seem to install the standalone imon_vfd drivers from http://
> > > > venky.ws:
> > > >
> > > > # make install
> > > > depmod
> > > > /usr/bin/install imon_vfd.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/misc
> > > >
> > > > Following that:
> > > > # modprobe imon_vfd
> > > > FATAL: Module imon_vfd not found.
> > > >
> > > > By my logic, shouldn't the install process have effectively copied
> > > > the imon_vfd driver to a directory called misc within my running  
> > > > kernel?
> > >
> > > Correct.
> > >
> > > > Here's what stat says:
> > > >
> > > > It's an executable file! Is that right??
> > >
> > > No.
> > >
> > > The driver makefile is broken.  It assumes that the misc subdirectory
> > > already exists.
> > It is broken in another way as well - depmod should be run after the
> > module is installed, not before. The depmod command updates the
> > modules table. If you do not do that after installing a new module,
> > the kennel and the module utilities will not know about the module.
> > A reboot will take care of this as well, because depmod is run at
> > bootup as part of the init scripts. The make file should probably
> > use "depmod -A" to save a bit of time.
> >
> > Mikkel
>
> All in all, that's one broken makefile!
>
> So a quick fix would be to remove the 'misc' file, create a directory  
> in its place, and re-install, followed by 'depmod'?

Why don't you try it, and see what happens/

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