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<tt>Dear Ashish,<br>
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<div><tt>I find that kernel modules fail to load when I specify a
relative path to the kernel. For example:</tt></div>
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<div><tt>$ vstart -k mydir/netkit-kernel-i386-K2.8/netkit-kernel</tt></div>
<div><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div><tt>The UML machine starts up but gives this error:</tt></div>
<div><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div><tt>Modules directory not mounted.</tt></div>
<div><tt>Loading kernel modules...FATAL: Could not load
/lib/modules/2.6.26.5-netkit-K2.8/modules.dep: No such file or directory</tt></div>
<div><tt>Setting kernel variables (/etc/sysctl.conf)...done.</tt></div>
<div><tt>Setting up networking....</tt></div>
<div><tt>Configuring network interfaces...modprobe: FATAL: Could not
load /lib/modules/2.6.26.5-netkit-K2.8/modules.dep: No such file or
directory</tt></div>
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Well, yes, this is indeed a bug. Thank you for signaling<br>
<br>
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<div><tt>If I use an absolute path instead:</tt></div>
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<div><tt>$ vstart -k
/home/ashish/mydir/netkit-kernel-i386-K2.8/netkit-kernel</tt></div>
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<div><tt>then it correctly loads the modules. Fine, but now I'm
trying to set the kernel path within a lab.conf file. I have:</tt></div>
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<div><tt>pc1[kernel]=$HOME/.nettle/netkit/download/netkit-kernel-i386-K2.8/netkit-kernel</tt></div>
<div><tt><br>
</tt></div>
<div><tt>and the modules are not loaded. I've tried adding a slash
and a slash dot to the beginning of the path, but get the same results.
Is ther any way to make this work?</tt></div>
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Please try the attached patch, which is supposed to be applied to
vstart. It should enable environment variable expansion in kernel paths
and therefore solve your problem.<br>
<br>
<br>
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<div><tt>Thank you.</tt></div>
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You're welcome.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Massimo.<br>
<br>
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