On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 03:19:55PM +0000, Thomas Skybakmoen wrote: > On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 06:10:57AM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > >Hi, > > > >Richard Guenther writes: > > > >> I installed kernel-image-powerpc and now on boot a lot of modules > >> get loaded that I don't need. F.i. ipv6, ext3, nfsd and ieee1394 - > >> can I somehow prevent loading of these modules at startup (apart > >> from deleting them, of course)? > > > >You are probably using hotplug. One way to avoid loading unwanted > >modules is to put them in /etc/hotplug/blacklist. Another is to > >deinstall the package completely and put only the modules you need > >into /etc/modules. > > >You just have to make sure that the initrd or discover doesn't load them > >too. > > >For discover1, it is easy, as there is also a blacklist file, for > >discover2 and its XML database, it is more messy. MAybe we need an > >unified blacklist database or somethign. > > >As far as the initrd, the best way would be to get the initrd built by > >hand, putting MODULES=none in /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf, and adding > >the modules by hand in /etc/mkinitrd/modules that are needed for booting > >(mostly your ide driver and root filesystem). > > >As far as the extra filesystem drivers are concerned, they are loaded > >by the initrd. To get rid of them, unload the ones you don't need and > >rebuild the initrd. > > >Mmm. Not an exactly nice solution, but we need to work on something > >better. > > >CCing debian-kernel, as this discussion needs to be followed on there. > > >Friendly, > > >Sven Luther > > Could not this be part of the new Installer, in expert mode?
Part of the new installer ? Well, maybe but i doubt having it only as part of the installer is enough. A more general solution is needed, as you may want to change this between upgrades and such. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
