oh I see so are they bothe able to be used one as the other?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Olszewski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 12:23 PM
> To: Chris Bennett; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: insmod vs modprobe
>
> 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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