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>Linux kerneld mini-HOWTO</TITLE
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CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.52"><LINK
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>Linux kerneld mini-HOWTO</A
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CLASS="AUTHOR"
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NAME="AEN5"
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>Henrik Storner</A
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CLASS="AFFILIATION"
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>kerneld-howto@linuxdoc.org</P
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CLASS="COPYRIGHT"
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>Copyright</A
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> © 2000 by <SPAN
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>Linux Documentation
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Project</SPAN
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>Revision History</B
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>Revision v2.0</TD
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>22 May 2000</TD
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>conversion from HTML to DocBook SGML.</TD
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>Table of Contents</B
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><A
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HREF="index.html#AEN26"
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>About the kerneld mini-HOWTO</A
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><DD
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HREF="index.html#CREDITS"
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>Credits</A
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HREF="introduction.html"
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>What is kerneld?</A
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>Why do I want to use it ?</A
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HREF="introduction.html#WHERE"
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>Where can I pick up the necessary pieces
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?</A
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>How do I set it up?</A
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>Trying out kerneld</A
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><A
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HREF="configuration.html"
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>How does kerneld know what module
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to load?</A
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>Block devices</A
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>Network devices</A
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>Binary formats</A
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>Line disciplines (slip, cslip and ppp)</A
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>Network protocol families (IPX,
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AppleTalk, AX.25)</A
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>File systems</A
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>Devices requiring special
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configuration</A
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>char-major-10 : Mice, watchdogs and randomness</A
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HREF="special-devs.html#SCSIDEVS"
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>Loading SCSI drivers: The
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<TT
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CLASS="LITERAL"
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>scsi_hostadapter</TT
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> entry</A
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><DT
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HREF="special-devs.html#PRE-POST"
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>When loading a module isn't enough: The
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<TT
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>post-install</TT
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> entry</A
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>Spying on kerneld</A
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><DT
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HREF="goodies.html"
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>Special kerneld uses</A
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><DT
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>Common problems and things that make you wonder</A
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><H1
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NAME="AEN26"
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>About the kerneld mini-HOWTO</A
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>This document explains how to install and use the automatic
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kernel module loader <SPAN
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>"kerneld"</SPAN
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>. The latest released
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version of this document can be found at <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxdoc.org"
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TARGET="_top"
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>the Linux Documentation
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Project</A
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><H2
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>Credits</A
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>This document is based on an original HTML version 1.7
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dated July 19, 1997 by Henrik Storner
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<TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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><<A
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HREF="mailto:storner@osiris.ping.dk"
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>storner@osiris.ping.dk</A
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>></TT
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> and was revised and
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translated to DocBook DTD by Gary Lawrence Murphy
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<TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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><<A
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>garym@teledyn.com</A
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> May 20, 2000.</P
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><P
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>The following people have contributed to this
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mini-HOWTO at some point:</P
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><P
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></P
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><UL
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><LI
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>Bjorn Ekwall bj0rn@blox.se</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Ben Galliart bgallia@luc.edu</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Cedric Tefft cedric@earthling.net</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>Brian Miller bmiller@netspace.net.au</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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>James C. Tsiao
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jtsiao@madoka.jpl.nasa.gov</P
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></UL
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><P
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>If you find errors in this document, please send email to
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<TT
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CLASS="EMAIL"
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><<A
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HREF="mailto:kerneld-howto@linuxdoc.org"
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>kerneld-howto@linuxdoc.org</A
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>. Your comments,
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encouragement and suggestions are welcome and appreciated, and
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help ensure this guide remains current and accurate.</P
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