At 11:46 AM 1/27/00 -0500, Chris Bennett wrote:
>Kay I have a question? What is the difference between modprobe and insmod?
>can't they be used interchangably?
No. modprobe uses a file to handle module dependencies. insmod reuires that
you handle any dependencies.
Example: the ne.o module requires the 8390.o module to work. If you use
insmod, you need to load both modules, in the correct order. If you use
modprobe, you need to load only ne.o -- modprobe will "see" that ne.o
requires 8390.o and load it for you.
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