Re: dc10 newbie

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Usually in the kernel configuration options, if there is a high level option that needs set (a module that others depend) and you set it to build as module, then the others that depend on it have not choice but to be modules.

Either way modules, especially with video for linux allows you to pass command line options easier than if they were built into the kernel.

Usually when you are inside "make menuconfig" and you have the item highlighted, you can select Help for it, and if there is text in the help section, they'll usually reference the module that it would create.. Not all the time, but I've found it to be listed about 75% of the items I've dealt with.

----- Original Message -----
From: "ALEXANDER LOZUPONE, BLOOMBERG/ 65E 55TH" <ALOZUPONE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, December 6, 2004 2:05 pm
Subject: Re: dc10 newbie

> I recompiled it (2.6.9 i believe) for module support - i used 
> menuconfig, and 
> for some reason the only possibility for all the video4linux 
> drivers was module 
> - i couldn't select built-in for some reason (any ideas why?)
> 
> how do i correlate the module name in menuconfig to an actual 
> module name 
> (filename)? i'll see if i can figure it out from the .config file, 
> but if this 
> isn't the way to do it, could someone tell me how?
> 
> thanks again!
> (i'll try out those mod commands once i figure out the module name..)
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> Did you recompile the kernel so that it has support for it builtin 
> or through a
> module?
> Have you checked out the log files in /var/log directory?
> Alot of modules have options,
> 
> modinfo somemodule
> 
> modprobe somemodule debug=1
> 
> is typically the syntax, but not in every case.
> 
> 
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