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where do I find modules

(have been using linux since 1998 but feel like newbie..) I think I need irtty_sir.o but don't know where to find it. Tried sourceforge.net but they only offer "programs". Kernel.org has just kernels.

when I do "locate irtty_sir", I get:

Code:

/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.ko

/lib/modules/2.6.17-10-386/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty-sir.ko

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic/include/config/irtty

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic/include/config/irtty/sir

/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.17-10-generic/include/config/irtty/sir/module.h

What distro are you using?

To specify what matthewg42's post says: The code is part of the kernel, no need to download and install it seperately. You can compile your kernel so that it includes the stuff or builds as a module that you can load. Probably you already have that module...
What happens if you try as root "modprobe irtty-sir" (note the dash instead of underscore)?

I recently got a new ASUS motherboard and Ubuntu 6.10 and CentOS were not able to recognize the NIC. It kept telling me to load the modules that I got from the vendor. Of course, ASUS doesn't have these. So I just ended up using a spare 10/100Mbps NIC I had lying around. But how would I have loaded the NIC module specific to this ASUS motherboard? Would that have been in the kernel???

Quote:

Originally Posted by Micro420

You would have to find out what chipset it uses and go from there. lspci would get you going in the right direction.

Quote:

Originally Posted by titopoquito

Thank you, now I think I got it. So loadable modules is usually part of the kernel code that is compiled separately and then loaded -- there is no separate code. (Sometimes there is, I think I loaded ppscsi somewhere).

Code:

debian:~# modprobe irtty-sir

modprobe: Can't locate module irtty-sir

debian:~# locate irtty-sir

debian:~# locate irtty

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k6/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-586tsc/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-686-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-k6/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-k7/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-k7-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-586tsc/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-686/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-686-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3/include/net/irda/irtty.h

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty/sir

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty/sir.h

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty/sir/module.h

Now just have to compile it .. :scratch:

Quote:

Code:

debian:~# modprobe irtty-sir

modprobe: Can't locate module irtty-sir

debian:~# locate irtty-sir

debian:~# locate irtty

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k6/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-k7-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-386/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-586tsc/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-686/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-2-686-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-k6/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-k7/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-k7-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-386/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-586tsc/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-686/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/lib/modules/2.4.27-3-686-smp/kernel/drivers/net/irda/irtty.o

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3/include/net/irda/irtty.h

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty/sir

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty/sir.h

/usr/src/kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-k7/include/config/irtty/sir/module.h

Now just have to compile it .. :scratch:

It is called irtty-sir with my 2.6.17.x kernel, but I guess it's only irtty for you!? Try to "modprobe irtty".

Quote:

Originally Posted by titopoquito

It is called irtty-sir with my 2.6.17.x kernel, but I guess it's only irtty for you!? Try to "modprobe irtty".

I think I have to migrate to 2.6 anyways some day. Meanwhile I'll get old 2 GB disk and put some mini-distro there.. My aim is to get a reserve backup network connection with Nokia 5210 and maybe a fax-machine.

Thank you again, this has cleared the concept 'module' for me.