asterisk users - Jan 2009 - OT - Differences between modprobe and insmod

hello,

Here (http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/bristuff/1.4/INSTALL.html) you can
read :

cd qozap
modprobe zaptel
insmod qozap.o (for kernel 2.4)
insmod qozap.ko (for kernel 2.6)
ztcfg

I thought modprobe was a replacement for insmod.
Can someone be kind enough to explain :
1. the difference between modprobe and insmod,
2. why should both commands be issued,
3. how modprobe and insmod compare with statements included in
/etc/default/zaptel in Debian systems

Regards
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Just google for your subject.

short:  insmod just tries to load one module. modprobe checks 
dependencies and loads needed kernel modules too.

klaus


Olivier schrieb:
> hello,
> 
> Here (http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/bristuff/1.4/INSTALL.html) you 
> can read :
> 
> cd qozap
> modprobe zaptel
> insmod qozap.o (for kernel 2.4)
> 
> insmod qozap.ko (for kernel 2.6)
> ztcfg
> 
> I thought modprobe was a replacement for insmod.
> Can someone be kind enough to explain :
> 1. the difference between modprobe and insmod,
> 2. why should both commands be issued,
> 
> 3. how modprobe and insmod compare with statements included in
/etc/default/zaptel in Debian systems
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> 
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On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 02:13:58AM +0100, Olivier wrote:
> hello,
> 
> Here (http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/bristuff/1.4/INSTALL.html) you
can
> read :
> 
> cd qozap
> modprobe zaptel
> insmod qozap.o (for kernel 2.4)
> insmod qozap.ko (for kernel 2.6)
> ztcfg
I should also point out that those are left-overs from the old INSTALL
page. They are under:

  === Manual Drivers Loading

  The following section is added unmodified from the original document. I
  don't really agree with it, though

This is nice for manually testing your installation. The problem with
that is that it tends to break on next reboot :-)

Older versions of qozap had issues with multiple runs of ztcfg. From
what I understnd, those issues have been resolved in recent versions.
This also reduces the level of voodoo required and allows easier
scripting.
> 
> I thought modprobe was a replacement for insmod.
> Can someone be kind enough to explain :
> 1. the difference between modprobe and insmod,
In this specific case I believe modprobe would have worked as well. Not
really sure.
> 2. why should both commands be issued,
Because qozap was not yet installed onto the system directory. Normally
you'd just run 'modprobe qozap' and it would also pull zaptel with
it.
> 3. how modprobe and insmod compare with statements included in
> /etc/default/zaptel in Debian systems
An alternative for manual testing.

You forgot to mention /etc/modules on a Debian system, BTW.

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