[FE training-materials-updates] Mention modules.dep.bin and modules.symbols.bin

Michael Opdenacker michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com
Tue Dec 8 11:10:35 CET 2015


Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch  : master
Link       : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=c0cef4939afcfb5c74c2d88c2ec8436c0f67f3a3

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commit c0cef4939afcfb5c74c2d88c2ec8436c0f67f3a3
Author: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>
Date:   Tue Dec 8 11:10:35 2015 +0100

    Mention modules.dep.bin and modules.symbols.bin
    
    Now automatically generated by depmod
    
    Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker at free-electrons.com>


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c0cef4939afcfb5c74c2d88c2ec8436c0f67f3a3
 .../sysdev-linux-intro-compilation.tex                              | 6 ++++--
 slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex    | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation.tex b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation.tex
index 37d3c70..7523a67 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation/sysdev-linux-intro-compilation.tex
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@
     \item \code{modules.alias}\\
       Module aliases for module loading utilities. Example line:\\
       \code{alias sound-service-?-0 snd_mixer_oss}
-    \item \code{modules.dep}\\
+    \item \code{modules.dep}, \code{modules.dep.bin} (binary
+      hashed)\\
       Module dependencies
-    \item \code{modules.symbols}\\
+    \item \code{modules.symbols}, \code{modules.symbols.bin} (binary
+      hashed)\\
       Tells which module a given symbol belongs to.
     \end{itemize}
   \end{itemize}
diff --git a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex
index b8078c4..205b4fc 100644
--- a/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex
+++ b/slides/sysdev-linux-intro-modules/sysdev-linux-intro-modules.tex
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@
   \item Example: the \code{usb-storage} module depends on the
     \code{scsi_mod}, \code{libusual} and \code{usbcore} modules.
   \item Dependencies are described
-    in \code{/lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.dep}\\
-    This file is generated when you run \code{make modules_install}.
+    both in \code{/lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.dep}
+    and in \code{/lib/modules/<kernel-version>/modules.dep.bin}\\
+    These files are generated when you run \code{make modules_install}.
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}
 




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