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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 6:06 am    Post subject: Kernel recompile Reply with quote

After recompiling my kernel to change some settings everything works fine but alsa. The stuff I changed in no way effects alsa and everything will work fine if I re emerge the alsa stuff but there must be a less time consuming way without all the hassle, right?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 6:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it possible that your alsa modules got cleared out when you recompiled the kernel? IIRC they stay in the same place as all the other kernel stuff.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 7:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Is it possible that your alsa modules got cleared out when you recompiled the kernel? IIRC they stay in the same place as all the other kernel stuff.

This is correct you will have to re-emerge alsa every time you compile your kernel. This applies for nvidia drivers, pcmcia-cs drivers, etc..
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:04 am    Post subject: . Reply with quote

Hrmm...

Thats odd, I haven't had to recompile my nvidia drivers yet and its been several recompiles.

Alsa is the only thing I ever have to do, thats why I was wondering if I was missing something obvious.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Actually, now that I think about it I think I've done the same thing. I could be wrong. I know you have to do this for pcmcia-cs and alsa though. I remember doing those distinctly. Nvidia may be different.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 3:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't the graphics modules sit somewhere in the X11 directory structure?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 6:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Don't the graphics modules sit somewhere in the X11 directory structure?

You're thinking of nvidia-glx. nvidia-kernel does indeed sit in /lib/modules, and must be reemerged after you build a new kernel.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 8:51 pm    Post subject: . Reply with quote

Well I just tested it again and nvidia has no problems after recompile without re-emerging but alsa does.

Not sure how I the nvidia stuff works like that but I won't complain
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:18 pm    Post subject: Re: . Reply with quote

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Well I just tested it again and nvidia has no problems after recompile without re-emerging but alsa does.

Not sure how I the nvidia stuff works like that but I won't complain

Can anyone else confirm this finding? If this is really true, we need to update our FAQ entry on this point. I must admit, this makes no sense to me. Are you calling "make modules_install" when you compile your kernel?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:41 pm    Post subject: . Reply with quote

yes I make clean bzImage modules modules_install after make dep.

The nvidia works fine and the alsa still has to be re-emerged.....Its not a huge deal, I just wondered how the nvidia worked and alsa didn't and wanted to make alsa do the same.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:47 pm    Post subject: Re: . Reply with quote

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yes I make clean bzImage modules modules_install after make dep.

The nvidia works fine and the alsa still has to be re-emerged.....Its not a huge deal, I just wondered how the nvidia worked and alsa didn't and wanted to make alsa do the same.

It's a big deal to me, because I don't want our FAQ to be wrong. So to confirm, after you make modules_install, and without reemerging nvidia-kernel, you still find something with the command:
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$ find /lib/modules/[kernelversion]/ -name 'NV*'

...and when rebooting with this new kernel, lsmod shows NVdriver loaded?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Excuse me while I butt in with my non nvidia system :D. I thought I'd read somewhere that there were 2 different types of nvidia drivers? Can anyone confirm this?
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Excuse me while I butt in with my non nvidia system :D. I thought I'd read somewhere that there were 2 different types of nvidia drivers? Can anyone confirm this?
Yes, it is possible that the user is using the "nv" module, and only thinks he is using NVDriver.

I always rm the kernel modules directory before recompiling a particular kernel, that way I *know* everything that's going to be in there, and nothing is left over from before.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I always rm the kernel modules directory before recompiling a particular kernel, that way I *know* everything that's going to be in there, and nothing is left over from before.

I checked this before I posted originally with "make -n modules_install". Here's the first four things "make modules_install" does:
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rm -rf /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/kernel
rm -f /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/build
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/kernel
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-xfs /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/build

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I always rm the kernel modules directory before recompiling a particular kernel, that way I *know* everything that's going to be in there, and nothing is left over from before.

I checked this before I posted originally with "make -n modules_install". Here's the first four things "make modules_install" does:
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rm -rf /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/kernel
rm -f /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/build
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/kernel
ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.4.18-xfs /lib/modules/2.4.18-xfs/build

That's curious. I exaggerated when I said "always" btw; yesterday I recompiled without vaping that directory first, and my wireless-adapter modules (not a part of the kernel dist) were still there afterwards. -and I did use "modules_install"
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 10:30 pm    Post subject: . Reply with quote

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bash-2.05a# find /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/ -name 'NV*'
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/video/NVdriver


And it loads the NVdriver fine everytime after kernel compile along with the nvidia splash screen when gnome starts and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be getting the same fps in q3 :)

This is the first time I have ever NOT had to recompile the drivers in linux after a kernel compile. Not sure what changed but I sure do like it.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 29, 2002 10:43 pm    Post subject: Re: . Reply with quote

CDM wrote:
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bash-2.05a# find /lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/ -name 'NV*'
/lib/modules/2.4.19-gentoo-r7/video/NVdriver

Thank you for taking the time to follow up on this. I will work on fixing the FAQ.

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Not sure what changed but I sure do like it.

Here's what changed, part of a diff between nvidia-kernel-1.0.2960.ebuild and nvidia-kernel-1.0.2960-r1.ebuild:
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-   insinto "/lib/modules/${KV}/kernel/video"
+   insinto "/lib/modules/${KV}/video"

Your module is in the video directory, which doesn't get wiped by modules_install. Mine (older) is in kernel/video, which does. ALSA could probably do the same thing by moving their modules out of kernel, too.

And, as I check the Changelog, sure enough:
Quote:
17 Aug 2002; Gustavo Felisberto <gustavo@felisberto.net>: Changed a small
line in the ebuild so that the kernel module gets installed in
/lib/modules/${KV}/video this way a "make modules_install" in /usr/src/linux
will not erase the nvidia module. (added by drobbins) This closes bug #5572.

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