On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Doesn't Red Hat provide any way to have modules automatically loaded
> at boot up time? On Debian, we can list such modules in /etc/modules.
> Then /etc/init.d/modutils loads each module in turn from that listing,
> using modproble.
Not that I know of. There might well be but I at least don't see the
point...
> > Enter Red Hat 6. This version has 90% of the 2.2.5 kernel on
> > board as modules, and a very large file called /boot/modules-2.2.5-15
>
> What is /boot/modules* ? We have no such file on Debian. Perhaps it
> is like our /etc/modules.
I guess Karl means /boot/module-info which seems to be a list of options
the various modules take. I guess one of the GUI configuration tools in
RH6.0 uses it for something, I don't know. I have never touched it and
everything has worked like a charm for me...
> It is a mistake to believe that every module you built should always
> be loaded. I compile modules for many things I use only occasionally
> eg minix file system, soundmodem, kiss etc. There is no advantage in
> using modules if you use all of them all the time, IMHO.
This should go without saying.
> Sorry I could not be of more help. I have never encountered problems
> like these on Debian, and I have been using kernel modules for about
> three years now.
Don't worry Hamish. Karl seems to be a special case. He manages to create
a problem from something that works like a charm for anyone else...
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