2003-02-03 22:31:00

by Balram Adlakha

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Subject: modprobe from module-init*

why does modprobe say :
"ignoring bad line starting with probeall" after reading modules.devfs?
what is probeall anyway?
what can I do to stop these irritating messages everytime I boot?

thnks for reading/replying.


2003-02-04 21:03:18

by Bill Davidsen

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Subject: Re: modprobe from module-init*

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 [email protected] wrote:

> why does modprobe say :
> "ignoring bad line starting with probeall" after reading modules.devfs?
> what is probeall anyway?
> what can I do to stop these irritating messages everytime I boot?

I don't believe probeall is supported yet. As I recall it probes each
module in the list, while 'probe' stops after the first one inserts
without error.

Like:
probe eth0 eehack e100 eepro100

If you boot a lot of kernels.

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bill davidsen <[email protected]>
CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.