depmod命令可产生模块依赖的映射文件,在构建嵌入式系统时,需要由这个命令来生成相应的文件,由modprobe使用。
depmod(选项)
depmod -b /home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos -e -F ./boot/System.map -v 2.6.18_pro500-bcm91250-mips2_fp_be -A -a
/home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos是我make mod_install后,所有模块的存放路径。 ./boot/System.map是make linux后生成,我拷贝到此目录的。 2.6.18_pro500-bcm91250-mips2_fp_be是我build的linux的版本。
编译linux过程及执行depmod的例子:
genkernel.sh (at linux-2.6.18_pro500)
export INSTALL_ROOT_EMMA3PF="/home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos"
export INSTALL_MOD_EMMA3PF="/home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos"
rm /home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos/lib -rf
rm /home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos/boot/* -rf
cd <linux_src_dir>
make
make modules_install
cp vmlinux System.map /home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos/boot/ -p
cd /home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos
depmod -b /home/windsome/EMMA3PF-KernelSource-20080626/install_pos -e -F ./boot/System.map -v 2.6.18_pro500-bcm91250-mips2_fp_be -A -a
其他用法:
在linux桌面系统中,当你编译了新的驱动,为了能够用modprobe ***加载模块, 你需要先将模块拷贝到/lib/modules /2.6.31-20-generic目录下,然后运行sudo depmod -a将模块信息写入modules.dep、modules.dep.bin、modules.alias.bin、modules.alias和modules.pcimap文件中。
如,我编译了一个新的wifi驱动r8192se_pci.ko,将其拷贝到/lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic/wireless下,然后到/lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic运行depmod -a,之后可以在任意目录运行modprobe r8192se_pci。
dmesg命令被用于检查和控制内核的环形缓冲区。kernel会将开机信息存储在ring buffer中。您若是开机时来不及查看信息,可利用dmesg来查看。开机信息保存在/var/log/dmesg文件里。
dmesg(选项)
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | head
Linux version 2.6.18-348.6.1.el5 (mockbuild@builder17.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-54)) #1 SMP Tue May 21 15:34:22 EDT 2013
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e820: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009f400 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000000009f400 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007f590000 (usable)
BIOS-e820: 000000007f590000 - 000000007f5e3000 (ACPI NVS)
BIOS-e820: 000000007f5e3000 - 000000007f5f0000 (ACPI data)
BIOS-e820: 000000007f5f0000 - 000000007f600000 (reserved)
BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000e8000000 (reserved)
查看硬盘基础信息
dmesg | grep sda
[ 2.442555] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488281250 512-byte logical blocks: (250 GB/232 GiB)
[ 2.442590] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
[ 2.442592] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 2.442607] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 2.447533] sda: sda1
[ 2.448503] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk