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kmod. See libkmod/README for more details on this library and how to use it.
The aim is to be compatible with tools, configurations and indexes from
module-init-tools project.
+
+Compilation and installation
+============================
+
+In order to compiler the source code you need following software packages:
+ - GCC compiler
+ - GNU C library
+
+Optional dependencies:
+ - ZLIB library
+ - LZMA library
+
+Typical configuration:
+ ./configure CFLAGS="-g -O2" --prefix=/usr \
+ --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib
+
+Configure automatically searches for all required components and packages.
+
+To compile and install run:
+ make && make install
+
+Information
+===========
+
+Mailing list:
+ linux-modules@vger.kernel.org
+
+Repository:
+ git://git.profusion.mobi/