Author: bryan
Date: 2010-01-26 21:55:48 -0700 (Tue, 26 Jan 2010)
New Revision: 9167
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml
Log:
Move from /etc/modprobe.conf to /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf, since module-init-tools
now complains about the former. Fixes #2560.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2010-01-26 21:14:17 UTC (rev 9166)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2010-01-27 04:55:48 UTC (rev 9167)
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
rules instead. Fixes
<ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2527">#2527</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[bryan] Use /etc/modprobe.d/*.conf files instead of a single
+ /etc/modprobe.conf file, since module-init-tools now warns. Fixes
+ <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;2560">#2560</ulink>.</para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml 2010-01-26 21:14:17 UTC (rev 9166)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter07/udev.xml 2010-01-27 04:55:48 UTC (rev 9167)
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@
enhances the functionality of <emphasis>snd-pcm</emphasis> by making the
sound cards available to OSS applications), configure
<command>modprobe</command> to load the wrapper after Udev loads the
- wrapped module. To do this, add an <quote>install</quote> line in
- <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename>. For example:</para>
+ wrapped module. To do this, add an <quote>install</quote> line in any
+
<filename>/etc/modprobe.d/<replaceable><filename></replaceable>.conf</filename>
+ file. For example:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><literal>install snd-pcm /sbin/modprobe -i snd-pcm ; \
/sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss ; true</literal></screen>
@@ -252,8 +253,8 @@
<sect3>
<title>Udev loads some unwanted module</title>
- <para>Either don't build the module, or blacklist it in
- <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename> file as done with the
+ <para>Either don't build the module, or blacklist it in a
+ <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf</filename> file as done with the
<emphasis>forte</emphasis> module in the example below:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><literal>blacklist forte</literal></screen>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml 2010-01-26 21:14:17 UTC (rev 9166)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter08/kernel.xml 2010-01-27 04:55:48 UTC (rev 9167)
@@ -100,10 +100,11 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
- <para>If using kernel modules, an <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename>
- file may be needed. Information pertaining to modules and kernel
- configuration is located in <xref linkend="ch-scripts-udev"/> and in the
- kernel documentation in the <filename
+ <para>If using kernel modules, module configuration in <filename
+ class="directory">/etc/modprobe.d</filename> may be required.
+ Information pertaining to modules and kernel configuration is
+ located in <xref linkend="ch-scripts-udev"/> and in the kernel
+ documentation in the <filename
class="directory">linux-&linux-version;/Documentation</filename> directory.
Also, <filename>modprobe.conf(5)</filename> may be of interest.</para>
@@ -184,25 +185,26 @@
<title>Configuring Linux Module Load Order</title>
<indexterm zone="conf-modprobe">
- <primary sortas="e-/etc/modprobe.conf">/etc/modprobe.conf</primary>
+ <primary
sortas="e-/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf">/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</primary>
</indexterm>
- <para>The <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename> file needs to be created
- so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd) have been
built
- as modules, they will be loaded in the correct order; ehci_hcd needs to be
- loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order to avoid a warning being
- output at boot time.</para>
+ <para>The <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> file needs to be
+ created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd) have
+ been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct order; ehci_hcd
+ needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order to avoid a
+ warning being output at boot time.</para>
- <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/modprobe.conf</filename> by running
+ <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> by
running
the following:</para>
-<screen><userinput>cat > /etc/modprobe.conf << "EOF"
-<literal># Begin /etc/modprobe.conf
+<screen><userinput>install -v -m755 /etc/modprobe.d
+cat > /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf << "EOF"
+<literal># Begin /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf
install ohci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i ohci_hcd ; true
install uhci_hcd /sbin/modprobe ehci_hcd ; /sbin/modprobe -i uhci_hcd ; true
-# End /etc/modprobe.conf</literal>
+# End /etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
</sect2>
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