How to view modules compiled in kernel?

[stevovo]

I know how to use modprobe and lsmod to view all the modules loaded, but what if I want to view the modules that I compiled IN the kernel?

Am I making sense?

for eg. during the kernel compile process I select ntfs support and compile it directly into the kernel, but now I can't remember if I compiled that option or not. How do I view those modules/support?

 

[s0lar]

Which distro? RH has their own way of doing things.

 

[stevovo]

Sorry, I didn't know it matterd

It's gentoo

I know I can go back to the source and check if I selected it in the menuconfig but that is waaaay to much trouble. Not to mention the names are not the same

 

[milomak]

find where the config file is. if you compiled yourself it will be in /usr/src/linux/.config
if you used genkernel, it tells you where it is reading the configuration from. if you go to the gentoo installation handbook, i

cat .config | grep "=y"

 

[stevovo]

find where the config file is. if you compiled yourself it will be in /usr/src/linux/.config
if you used genkernel, it tells you where it is reading the configuration from. if you go to the gentoo installation handbook, i

cat .config | grep "=y"

Thanks! That's much quicker, however one small question... are those list of modules in the same format as they would have been if one used "modprobe -l"?

Reason I'm asking is because when I run that command I get:

CONFIG_FUSE_FS=y

when checking fuse (just a random example).

Now isn't the normal module name just "fuse"?

I could be wrong though, I just don't remember there being a _fs at the end.

Just asking because I don't wanna read a how to that says that module "this" must be loaded and I end up not finding it because it's listed as "this-that" instead.

Maybe I'm not making sense again but thanks a lot for the tip.

 

[milomak]

the y means its compiled into the kernel. that means it won't show up in lsmod iirc