Am 27.01.2013 03:24, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > 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. >
Okay. I thought I've heard about some dev patching udev to work with modprobe at one point. Could be mistaken or outdated, though. > 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? > Is it really a drop-in? I was under the impression that for example `modprobe -l` is not implemented (mentioned in a comment on the eudev fork on LWN). I guess that's outdated as well. Thanks, Florian Philipp
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