/boot/module-info after kernal recompile RH 7.2

[wa...@toknow.eh]

I have just finished recompiling my kernel from 2.4.17 to 2.4.18 on a RH 7.2
system.

Anyhow, while I have changed the System.map and the initrd (what does initrd
and the System.map do exactly?), I still have this old module-info file
hanging around from 2.4.7-10, the default install kernel that I have no
idea how to change or what precisely it does.

Can anyone tell me how I can tidy this up a bit?

thanks!
Daryl.

[Michael Kelly]

wa...@toknow.eh wrote:

> Anyhow, while I have changed the System.map and the initrd (what does
> initrd and the System.map do exactly?), I still have this old module-info
> file hanging around from 2.4.7-10, the default install kernel that I have
> no idea how to change or what precisely it does.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I can tidy this up a bit?

If you're using redhat you might as well get
the Customization .pdf download from
www.redhat.com

It has info about compiling and installing
custom kernels, updating kernels etc..

--

"Only choice is an oxymoron."

[James Brost]

initrd is a RAM disk image that has modules which need to be loaded
before the filesystems are mounted (like SCSI modules).

--

[Wayne Pollock]

module-info is a file containing kernel debugging into. It shouldn't
be shipped with RH but I think they made a mistake. Feel free to
delete the module-info file from /boot, your system will run just
fine without it.

You can generate the file yourself by updating the correct makefile
before you re-compile a new kernel. Details can be found at:

http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Unix/KernelRebuild.htm

-Hope this helps!

-Wayne