kernel module

Linux Find Out Kernel Module (Device Driver) Version Number

by Vivek Gite on June 10, 2011 · 0 comments

How do I find the version of a kernel module (*.ko files located in /lib/modules/… directory) in Linux server?

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Linux: Find Out If a Particular Driver / Feature Compiled Into Running Kernel or Not

by Vivek Gite on October 10, 2008 · 0 comments

Q. I know how to find out information about compiled driver under FreeBSD kernel. But, how do I find out if a Particular feature, driver or filesystem support is compiled into my running Linux kernel or not? How do I find out if DMA support is compiled into my kernel?

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FreeBSD: Load Kernel Module at Runtime

by Vivek Gite on October 1, 2008 · 0 comments

Q. How do I load a kernel module at runtime from a shell prompt under FreeBSD UNIX operating systems?

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FreeBSD Setting up Firewall using IPFW

by Vivek Gite on April 14, 2007 · 24 comments

I’m new to FreeBSD and am trying to configure the firewall using IPFW, but I’m having a hard time understanding it as compare to Linux. Can you provide a small example on how to go about setting up the rules for a typical FreeBSD based Apache Web server?

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Linux Kernel panic VFS Unable to mount root fs and solution

by nixcraft on May 3, 2006 · 6 comments

Q. I am using Linux on HP server and I am getting error that read as follows: Linux Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs How do I solve this problem? A. Most modern distributions including Debian uses loadable kernel module for ext3 file system. So to read ext3/ext2 file system kernel must load [...]

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