[Gllug] How to check if module is in kernel ?

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Sun, November 14, 2010 23:27, Alain Williams wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 10:44:53PM +0100, salsaman at xs4all.nl wrote:
>> On Sun, November 14, 2010 22:22, Steve Parker wrote:
>> > I'm sure that there must be a technical way, but whoever supplied your
>> > kernel should be able to tell you - if it's RedHat etc, they will have
>> a
>> > .config file in the kernel source package.
>> >
>>
>> I am not talking about my own machine - I know it is compiled in.
>>
>> It needs to work for all users and all distros.
>>
>> I mean something like sysconf() but which could return other kernel
>> capabilities at runtime.
>
> Does it export something in /proc /sys or /dev ??
>

Ah yes, good thinking !

grep video4linux /proc/devices

->  81 video4linux


Regards,
Salsaman.


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