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Added depmod -a calls to the documentation
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Now that `make install` no longer calls depmod, the user has to do that
manually - at least on older systems.

Closes: #150
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umlaeute committed Feb 26, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -45,15 +45,22 @@ all necessary permissions to install the module).
if your system has "sudo", do:

$ make && sudo make install
$ sudo depmod -a

if your system lacks "sudo", do:

$ make
$ su
(enter root password)
# make install
# depmod -a
# exit


(The `depmod -a` call will re-calculate module dependencies, in order to
automatically load additional kernel modules required by v4l2loopback.
The call may not be necessary on modern systems.)

# RUN
load the v4l2loopback module as root :

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