iBCS module and other kernel loadable modules

[Derek Atkins]

IBCS is a separate module, and when you installed it, you installed
the kernel-ibcs package (assuming RedHat).  When you upgrade the
kernel, you need to upgrade that as well.  The same separation
is true of the PCMCIA modules.

-derek

"Subba Rao" <subb3 at ibm.net> writes:

> 
> Is this module a seperate installation, or is it included in the kernel development code?
> I did not see it in the kernel source tree, yet the iBCS module in present in the /lib/modules/2.2.6
> tree (it was installed during installation). I did not see it in the /lib/modules/2.2.10 tree.
> The .config file for the new kernel did not have any flag for iBCS module.
> 
> Can kernel loadable modules be compiled and installed seperately from the kernel compilation?
> 
> Thanks for any info.
> 
> Subba Rao
> subb3 at ibm.net
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