On 05/22/2014 06:34 AM, Jonathan Callen wrote:
> On 05/21/2014 01:56 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> > Thanks for the explanation.
>
> > Just to double check I understood it correctly, there's no need to put
> > the list of kernel modules into /etc/conf.d/modules any longer, because
> > udev is aware of the modules that have been built and will load them by
> > consulting /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias. Is that correct?
>
> > Thanks.
>
>
>
> You only need to list the modules in /etc/conf.d/modules (for OpenRC) or
> /etc/modules-load.d/*.conf (for systemd) if they would not otherwise be
> loaded. Just about any module that provides a driver for hardware that
> can be autodetected (that is, PCI, USB, etc.) will be auto-loaded by
> udev. Modules used to provide filters, etc. for iptables are autoloaded
> by iptables itself as needed. Some modules do not have anything that
> would cause them to be autoloaded (such as the vbox-* modules from
> VirtualBox), in which case you *would* need to explicitly load them.
>
>
Understood. Thanks to all those who did respond to my query.
