On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Harry Putnam <rea...@newsguy.com> wrote:
> Where do we list modules we want loaded at boot? > > When I run modprobe fuse > WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files > belong into /etc/modprobe.d/. > > /etc/modprobe.conf doesn't actually appear to have any modules listed > but does list a herd of aliases for modules. > > Looking under /etc/modprobe.d > aliases.conf blacklist.conf i386.conf pnp-aliases.conf > > All of which appear to hold the same or more lists of aliases. > > So if I want to load `fuse' at boot... where do it put it? > > > It's been the same as long as I've been using Gentoo the past 5 years: /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6. This has always been in the handbook as long as I've been using Gentoo, too. 7.e. Kernel Modules Configuring the Modules You should list the modules you want automatically loaded in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6. You can add extra options to the modules too if you want. -- I recommend reading the entire handbook from start to finish; it has plenty of valuable information and will avoid unnecessary questions. -- - Mark Shields
