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Old 10-25-2003, 12:07 PM   #1
tuxfood
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what is module-info file?


hi,

i happened to see a file named module-info in /mnt/sources(if i am right)(was in rescue mode).could not understand anything from it.
what is it????
any one knows???

thanks ,
tuxfood
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Version 0
3c501
eth
"3Com 3c501"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
3c503
eth
"3Com EtherLink II"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
xcvr "Transceiver (0 = BNC; 1 = AUI)"
3c505
eth
"3Com Etherlink Plus"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
3c507
eth
"3Com EtherLink16"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
3c509
eth
"3Com EtherLink III"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
3c515
eth
"3Com 3c515 Corkscrew"
3c574_cs
eth
"3Com 3c574 series PCMCIA ethernet driver"
3c589_cs
eth
"3Com 3c589 series PCMCIA ethernet driver"
3c59x
eth
"3Com 3c590/3c595/3c90x/3cx980"
3w-xxxx
scsi
"3ware Storage Controller"
8139cp
eth
"RTL8139, SMC EZ Card Fast Ethernet"
8139too
eth
"RTL8139, SMC EZ Card Fast Ethernet"
82596
eth
"Apricot 82596"
AM53C974
scsi
"AM53/79C974 (PCscsi) driver"
BusLogic
scsi
"BusLogic MultiMaster SCSI"
DAC960
scsi
"Mylex DAC960 RAID Controller"
NCR53c406a
scsi
"NCR53c406a-based SCSI"
a100u2w
scsi
"Initio INI-9100UW"
aha152x "ioport, irq, host scsiid"
aacraid
scsi
"Adaptec AACRAID"
abyss
tr
"Madge Smart 16/4 PCI Mk2 token ring"
ac3200
eth
"Ansel Communications Model 3200"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
mem "Base shared memory address"
acenic
eth
"Alteon AceNIC Gigabit"
advansys
scsi
"AdvanSys SCSI"
aha152x
scsi
"Adaptec AHA-152x"
aha152x "ioport, irq, host scsiid"
aha152x_cs
scsi
"Adaptec AHA152x-compatible PCMCIA SCSI driver"
aha1542
scsi
"Adaptec AHA-154x and 631x-based"
aic79xx
scsi
"Adaptec Aic79xx SCSI Host Bus Adapter driver"
aic7xxx
scsi
"Adaptec AHA-2740, 28xx, 29xx, 39xx"
aic7xxx_old
scsi
"Old Adaptec 28xx, 29xx, 39xx"
arlan
eth
"Aironet Arlan 655"
at1700
eth
"Allied Telesis AT1700"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
atp870u
scsi
"ACARD ATP870U PCI scsi controller"
axnet_cs
eth
"Asix AX88190 PCMCIA ethernet driver"
cciss
scsi
"Compaq Smart Array 5xxx Controller"
cpqarray
scsi
"Compaq Smart/2 RAID Controller"
cpqfc
scsi
"Compaq FibreChannel Controller"
cs89x0
eth
"Crystal SemiconductorCS89[02]0"
de4x5
eth
"DE4x5, DE434, DE450, and DE500 DEC EtherWORKS"
io "Base I/O address"
de600
eth
"D-Link DE-600 Ethernet pocket adapter"
de620
eth
"D-Link DE-620 Ethernet pocket adapter"
depca
eth
"DEC DEPCA and EtherWORKS DE1xx, DE2xx, DE422"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
dgrs
eth
"Digi RightSwitch SE-4, SE-6"
dma "Toggle DMA use"
spantree "Toggle Spantree"
hashexpire "Hash Expiration"
ipaddr "List of four IP addresses"
ipxnet "IPX network number"
dmfe
eth
"Davicom DM9102(A)/DM9132/DM9801 fast ethernet"
dpt_i2o
scsi
"Adaptec I2O RAID Driver"
e100
eth
"Intel EtherExpress/100 driver"
e1000
eth
"Intel EtherExpress/1000 gigabit"
e2100
eth
"Cabletron E2100"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
mem "Base shared memory address"
xcvr "Transceiver (0 = internal; 1 = external)"
eata
scsi
"All DMA-capable DPT SCSI"
eata_dma
scsi
"All DMA-capable DPT SCSI (dma mode)"
eepro
eth
"EtherExpress Pro/10"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
eepro100
eth
"Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B"
eexpress
eth
"EtherExpress"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
epic100
eth
"SMC 83c170 EPIC/100"
es3210
eth
"Racal-Interlan ES3210 EISA"
eth16i
eth
"ICL EtherTeam 16i/32 EISA"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
ewrk3
eth
"EtherWORKS 3: DE203, DE204, DE205"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
fdomain
scsi
"Future Domain TMC-16xx SCSI"
fdomain_cs
scsi
"Future Domain PCMCIA SCSI driver"
fmvj18x_cs
eth
"fmvj18x and compatible PCMCIA ethernet driver"
g_NCR5380
scsi
"NCR5380 (generic driver)"
gdth
scsi
"ICP RAID Controller"
hamachi
eth
"A Packet Engines GNIC-II Gigabit"
hp
eth
"HP LAN"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
hp-plus
eth
"HP PCLAN/plus"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
hp100
eth
"HP10/100VG ANY LAN: J257x, 27248B, J2585"
hp100_port "Base I/O address"
i2o_block
scsi
"I2O Block driver"
i2o_pci
scsi
"I2O driver"
i82365
pcmcia
"i82365 PCMCIA socket driver"
ibmtr
tr
"Shared-memory IBM Token Ring 16/4"
io "Base I/O address"
ide-cs
ide
"PCMCIA IDE driver"
initio
scsi
"Initio SCSI"
ips
scsi
"IBM ServeRAID"
lance
eth
"AT1500, HP J2405A, most NE2100/clone"
lanstreamer
tr
"IBM Auto LANStreamer"
lne390
eth
"Mylex LNE390 EISA"
megaraid
scsi
"MegaRAID 418, 428, 438, 466, 762"
mptbase
scsi
"LSI Logic Fusion MPT Base Driver"
mptscsih
scsi
"LSI Logic Fusion MPT SCSI Driver"
natsemi
eth
"NatSemi DP83815 Fast Ethernet"
ncr53c8xx
scsi
"Symbios/NCR 53C8xx"
ne
eth
"NE1000, NE2000, and compatible"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
ne2k-pci
eth
"PCI NE2000 clones"
ne3210
eth
"Novell NE3210 EISA"
ni5010
eth
"MiCom-Interlan NI5010"
ni52
eth
"NI5210 Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
memstart "Base shared memory address"
memend "Address of end of shared memory"
ni65
eth
"NI6510 Ethernet"
nmclan_cs
eth
"New Media PCMCIA ethernet driver"
ns83820
eth
"Natsemi 83820 gigabit"
olympic
tr
"IBM Olympic-based PCI roken ring"
pci2000
scsi
"PCI-2000 IntelliCache"
pci2220i
scsi
"PCI-2220I EIDE RAID"
pcnet32
eth
"AMD PCnet32"
pcnet_cs
eth
"NE2000 compatible PCMCIA ethernet driver"
qla1280
scsi
"Qlogic 1280/12160"
qla2200
scsi
"Qlogic 2200"
qla2300
scsi
"Qlogic 2300"
qlogic_cs
scsi
"Qlogic PCMCIA SCSI driver"
qlogicfas
scsi
"Qlogic FAS408 SCSI"
qlogicisp
scsi
"QLogic ISP1020 SCSI"
sbp2
scsi
"IEEE-1394 SBP-2 protocol driver"
seagate
scsi
"Seagate ST-01/02, Future Domain TMC-8xx"
sis900
eth
"SiS 900/7016 PCI Fast Ethernet"
sk98lin
eth
"SysKonnect SK-98xx Gigabit"
smc-ultra
eth
"SMC Ultra, SMC EtherEZ ISA"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
smc-ultra32
eth
"SMC Ultra32 EISA"
smc9194
eth
"SMC 9000 series Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
ifport "Interface: 0 auto, 1 TP, 2 AUI/BNC"
smc91c92_cs
eth
"SMC 91c92 series PCMCIA ethernet driver"
sundance
eth
"Sundance ST201 Alta"
sunhme
eth
"Sun Happy Meal Ethernet"
sym53c8xx
scsi
"Symbios 53C896"
sym53c8xx_2
scsi
"Alternate Symbios 53C896 Driver"
tcic
pcmcia
"Databook TCIC-2 PCMCIA socket driver"
tg3
eth
"Broadcom Tigon3 ethernet driver"
tlan
eth
"ThunderLAN"
tmscsim
scsi
"Tekram DC-390(T) PCI"
tmspci
tr
"TMS380-based PCI token ring cards"
tulip
eth
"DEC 21040, most 21*40 Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address"
tulip_old
eth
"Older DEC 21040, most 21*40 Ethernet"
io "Base I/O address"
u14-34f
scsi
"UltraStor 14F/34F (not 24F)"
ultrastor
scsi
"UltraStor 14F/24F/34F"
usb-storage
scsi
"USB Mass Storage driver for Linux"
via-rhine
eth
"VIA VT86c100A Rhine-II PCI"
wavelan
eth
"AT&T GIS WaveLAN transceiver"
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
wd
eth
"WD8003 and WD8013 `compatible' ethercards."
io "Base I/O address"
irq "IRQ level"
mem "Base shared memory address"
mem_end "Address of end of shared memory (if non-standard size)"
winbond-840
eth
"Compex RL100ATX-PCI"
xirc2ps_cs
eth
"Xircom PCMCIA ethernet driver"
xircom_cb
eth
"Xircom Cardbus ethernet driver"
yellowfin
eth
"Packet Engines G-NIC PCI Gigabit"
yenta_socket
pcmcia
"Cardbus PCMCIA Controller"
 
Old 10-25-2003, 05:55 PM   #2
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