[PLUG] Module loading in 2.6.0-test9 kernel?

[Brian Derr]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:47:11PM -0800, Alex Daniloff wrote:
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> 3. I can't load any modules using modprobe in 2.6 kernel
> 
> Could somebody tell me please if new 2.6 kernel is using different module 
> loading mechanism than 2.4 kernels. 
> And why module files extentions are ".ko" instead of ".o"?

Yes, the 2.6.x kernels use a new module_init package.  Read about it
with the kernel documentation in Documentation/Changes.

Brian

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