to not add eth1394 I added this line into /etc/modprobe.conf : install eth1394 /bin/true
On Wed, 2005-09-21 at 07:55 -0700, Joel Johnson wrote: > On Wednesday 21 September 2005 12:53 am, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 12:24:06AM -0500, Marc DM wrote: > > > Stupid questions : > > > > > > How can I find out which modules my system actually needs and disable > > > the ones I don't need. > > > > > > How can I know if a module I'm disabling at startup isn't needed for > > > another module that I plan to load? > > > > > > Thanks. And I won't ask anymore stupid questions for the rest of the > > > week. > > > > You can check the use count from lsmod: > > > > Module Size Used by > > nls_utf8 2432 0 > > it87 29472 0 > > i2c_sensor 3712 1 it87 > > i2c_isa 2688 0 > > i2c_dev 12288 0 > > powernow_k8 11088 0 > > freq_table 5192 1 powernow_k8 > > ^ This column > > > > If the count is 0, it means the module is not being used, either because > > the device it supplies isn't currently being used, or because you don't > > need it. > > Or with regards to the modules loaded in the initrd, > change /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf to have the line > MODULES=dep > instead of =[all,most] and then regenerate the initrd. > > That's what I've done anyway and it works great. One issue with newer kernels > is that is seems to load all IDE drivers regardless since they aren't yet > tagged as unloadable (shows [permanent] in lsmod). How can one indicate to > initrd (or yaird) selectively which ide modules to load? > > Joel Johnson > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
