On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Florian Philipp <li...@binarywings.net> wrote: > Hi list! > > Quick question: If I deactivate the kmod use flag in udev and keep > sys-apps/module-init-tools, does udev still load modules or is kmod a > required flag for that?
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think so. The git repository has not a single instance of the strings "modprobe" or "insmod", apparently the only way to load modules in udev is to use kmod. I think the kmod configure option (which is the one the USE flag activate/deactivate), is for systems where all the modules are built-in, like embedded ones. Unless udev has no other means to load modules, I think disabling kmod assumes then that all the modules are built-in. And if you use modules, may I ask why you would prefer module-init-tools over kmod? Specially when the later is a drop-in, better supported replacement? Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
