Insmod problem with busybox 1.4.2

[Stephen Beaver]

Your email says: 

"I'm trying to force-load a module using
'insmod -f'"




On 9/24/07 3:41 PM, "Evert Meulie" <evert at meulie.net> wrote:

> Eehh, that is exactly what I did. My command was:
> 
> insmod -f bs.ko
> (bs.ko was present in the current directory)
> 
> 
> This returned:
> 
> insmod: -f.ko: no module by that name found
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Evert
> 
> 
> Stephen Beaver wrote:
>> You need to provide the module name. - insmod -f keyspan' to force
>> installation of he keyspan.ko module for example.
>> 
>> 
>> On 9/24/07 1:37 PM, "Evert Meulie" <evert at meulie.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I'm having some minor problems with insmod/busybox 1.4.2. I'm trying to
>>> force-load a module using
>>> 'insmod -f'
>>> 
>>> When I try this on the system, I get:
>>> 
>>> insmod: -f.ko: no module by that name found
>>> 
>>> .
>>> That would suggest the insmod version does not support this parameter.
>>> So then I tried 'insmod' and
>>> I get:
>>> 
>>> BusyBox v1.4.2 (2007-09-13 12:57:14 CEST) multi-call binary
>>> 
>>> Usage: insmod [OPTION]... MODULE [symbol=value]...
>>> 
>>> Load the specified kernel modules into the kernel
>>> 
>>> Options:
>>>         -f      Force module to load into the wrong kernel version
>>>         -k      Make module autoclean-able
>>>         -v      Verbose output
>>>         -q      Quiet output
>>>         -L      Lock to prevent simultaneous loads of a module
>>>         -o NAME Set internal module name to NAME
>>>         -x      Do not export externs
>>> 
>>> So it looks like '-f' is supported anyway...?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Greetings,
>>> Evert
>>> 
>>> 
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