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From: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: Load kernel module automatically
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On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:47:16PM -0400, Michael Zhu wrote:
> Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
> still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
> mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
> this file directly? Can anyone give me an example?

You say you read the page. ... Hey, wait a moment!
There are TWO files. /etc/modules.conf, that defines how to load modules
when they are requested (default parameters), which modules to load on
kernel request (autoloading) etc. And then there is another file -
/etc/modules, that is simply processed like
for each line do modprobe <the line>
during boot process.


So depending on what kind of module you have. If it's a module for some
device, you can make the alias in modules.conf and kernel will ask for
it when it's needed. It also works for some special cases (like iptables
- they don't even need an alias). For other things, especially network
device drivers you need to load them from /etc/modules

Note: ALL config files on unix are made so that they can be edited by
hand using eny editor.

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                  				- Jan Hudec `Bulb' <bulb@ucw.cz>
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