Alexei Starovoitov posted some patches to allow the kernel to load regular ELF binaries (aka plain executables) as kernel modules. These modules would be able to run user-mode helper routines instead ...

After compiling the new modules with make modules did you do make modules_install to actually install them?

Well, you could always use the install CD to boot up, and then edit /etc/modules (or is it /etc/modules.conf) and then comment out all the entries there.<BR><BR>Or, use the recovery CD to download and ...

Signed kernel modules have been a feature of other operating systems for a number of years. Some people and companies like the idea of installing only modules (or drivers, as they are sometimes called ...