Am Donnerstag, 11. November 2010, 19:05:37 schrieb davidMbrooke: > On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 18:31 +0100, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > > Hi; > > > > I've migrated from 3.x to 4.x and copied /etc/modules.conf to have a > > working setup ASAP. Therefor I wasn't aware of the huge improvements in > > the modules area. > > > > I start to realize that "modules autoloading" works better than I > > expected. In fact I thought running hwdetect is needed. But that's not > > the case. My network card and it's dependencies are detected > > automatically; pppoe on the other hand not, ipv6 is loaded... > > > > Deploying LEAF Bering-uClibc 4 will shurely be easier, than it had been > > before, but can someone (Andrew, David?), explain how it works? I mean > > why are some loaded (NIC), others like pppoe not? > > > > This will be a good chapter in the wiki :) > > > > kp > > Hi kp,
Hi all > I am no expert, so I think we need Andrew to help here... Indeed, and I'm still trying to understand his response; I seem to be bit slow today cause I catched a cold... > I do know that Andrew has added logic in root.linuxrc (a.k.a. /init) for > the *automatic* auto-loading, so looking at that might help you > understand. That's the boot part; there is second one after package installation for the remaining stuff. > My belief is that "hwdetect" is mainly for use where > additional modules need to be copied from modules.tgz (because they are > not in the initial moddb.lrp). Ok; but then pppoe ist in moddb.lrp but does not autoload > I also do not understand where it is > still necessary to specify modules manually. Me too :) > I have a follow-on question about the future of > the /usr/sbin/build-modules script. This does not work (at least because > of .o -> .ko) but it may still be useful to automatically copy modules > like "tun" from modules.tgz based on these being listed in a file. Hmm. yes - it was one of the "helper scripts", which hasn't been used as widely as possible. If hwdetect works as outlined, it may be replaced. > I agree about the wiki! :-) suprise, suprise :) > I have in mind a summary of the automatic > behaviour in the "Overview of the Startup Sequence", but "someone" also > needs to document other aspects elsewhere. I believe that this becomes an effort for at least three "someones"... kp (btw: Will be away for two days due to starting a professional training (two days biweekly for half a year) - Eric Wolzak, are you still you around? It's about DRG coding and management :)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
