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From: Oliver Wegner <oliver@wilmskamp.dyndns.org>
To: root@chaos.analogic.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Load kernel module automatically
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:23:42 +0200
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Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 23:37 schrieb Richard B. Johnson:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Oliver Wegner wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 21:08 schrieb Eric Kristopher Sandall:
> > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:
> > > > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> > > >
> > > > This is distribution dependent isn't it?
> > >
> > > afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used /etc/modules in
> > > RedHat, Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same
> > > effect.
> >
> > well, i havent found that file /etc/modules in SuSE. am not aware
> > right now how they handle loading modules during boot process... ;)
> >
> > Oliver
>
> This is getting "tired". I told you how to find out this information.

all i wanted to point out was that it doesnt seem to be distribution 
independent as someone had stated before because that file /etc/modules 
for example doesnt exist under SuSE. i wasnt asking anything about it 
myself.

anyway i will be able to find out that information if i need to sometime. 
thanks.

Oliver

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