Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Configuring a System
Reconfiguring the Kernel (Prior to HP-UX 11i Version 2)
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Modularly Packaged
Module
A Modularly packaged Module is a Kernel Module whose
configuration data has been modularized (not shared with other
kernel modules), which is a pre-requisite for DLKM-enabling the
Kernel Module.
In the kernel configuration context, this means that the module
uses its own master and system files (as opposed to the shared
master and system files in which Traditional Modules are
configured).
In order to be classified as a Modularly packaged Module, the
module must contain it’s own master and system files, as well as an
individual object file, mod.o, that implements the module.
A Modularly packaged Module can be dynamically loaded into the
HP-UX kernel only if that module includes the module wrapper
code and additional data structures.
For this reason, we place Modularly packaged Modules in two
categories:
• Static Modularly packaged Modules
• Loadable Modules (or DLKM Modules)
The terms Loadable Module and DLKM Module are
interchangeable.
Static Modularly
Packaged Module
A Static Modularly Packaged Module is a Modularly packaged
Module that can only be linked statically to the kernel.
In the kernel configuration context, this means that the module
uses its own master and system files but does not contain the
module wrapper code and additional data structures that provide
the dynamic loading and unloading ability.
Table 3-8 Important Terms and Concepts (Continued)
Term / Concept Definition