No.
Or I think "no" -- "used one as the other" isn't unambiguous, but I
interpret to mean that you think the two are interchangeable.
I don't see how you read my reply as saying that, so I don't know what else
to say to clarify things. Put simply: "modprobe" handles dependeicnes for
you; "insmod: doesn't.
At 12:30 PM 1/27/00 -0500, Chris Bennett wrote:
>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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