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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 00:33:16 +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


> [...] You need to know that Linux uses a strange command
> interpreter that, unlike windows, does not know how to read one's
> mind.
i never asked linux to read my mind and i know about the differences 
between windows and linux. i appreciate that linux doesnt try to do 
everything automatically. thats one reason why i use linux ;)

> This means that, should you enter, for instance, `ls
> /etc/modules`, it isn't going to find it because it doesn't exist. You
> need to either type its full name or use wild-cards which I won't
> explain here.
i am aware of all that of course, i think everybody who reads this 
mailinglist knows how to handle shell commands and wildcards so i wonder 
why you mention it here though. maybe you should consider writing a book 
for linux beginners ;)


Oliver

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