On Sun 09 Oct 2011 10:23:50 AM IST, Lavender wrote: > Yeah, your reply is exact what I mean , but I'm really confused by > those modules' names, I can't find any contact between the hard device > name and its module name . For example, there is a module named > 3c59x.ko , I totally don't know what device it present for , I mean I > can't figure out that which module correspond to which device though I > know the hard devices consisted of my PC. So I need information about > contact between them so that I could know what modules need to be > chosen in kernel , also the options of kernel are quiet a lot , > there're many features that I never heard , I want to find them out . > May be you think these problems are too easy , but I have never > contacted them before . Forum I visited and books about Linux I readed > are both not mentioned them , so I wish you all could instruct me.
Kernel module names are usually named according to a specific naming scheme like <name of product manufacturer><name of model number>.ko So here, 3c59x.ko is 3COM 59X device. 3COM ethernet cards are quite common. -- Nilesh Govindarajan http://nileshgr.com
