On Sun, Jul 04, 1999 at 05:46:20AM -0600, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> In Debian do you have to list each device in your
> /etc/init.d/modules file? I have to list it with every line looking like
> this:
>
> /sbin/madprobe msdos
>
> It only took 15 minutes to decide to do it and do it...:-)
Err no, we just put (eg one server box here):
nfs
ne
ne2k-pci
ip_alias
serial
ppp
eql
Then in /etc/init.d/modutils the relevant code is:
# Loop over every line in /etc/modules.
echo -n 'Loading modules: '
(cat /etc/modules; echo) | # make sure there is a LF at the end
while read module args
do
case "$module" in
auto) [ ${startkerneld} -eq 0 -a -x /sbin/kerneld ] && \
echo && /etc/init.d/kerneld start && startkerneld=1;
continue ;;
noauto) continue ;;
\#*|"") continue ;;
esac
echo -n "$module "
modprobe $module $args
done
"auto" is a magic keyword which loads kerneld straight away (and does
nothing if kmod is being used).
> You have been a great help Hamish. I'm in contact with the guy who
> wrote the mini HOWTO Modules. His is dated now and we are talking about an
> update.
Excellent.
Cheers,
Hamish VK3SB
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