Am Dienstag, 9. November 2010, 23:46:50 schrieb Andrew: > 09.11.2010 23:52, Erich Titl пишет: > > on 09.11.2010 21:45, KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > >> Am Dienstag, 9. November 2010, 16:27:52 schrieb Andrew: > >>> 09.11.2010 00:41, KP Kirchdoerfer пишет: > >>>> Every other, possible intrusive, change should IMHO better moved to > >>>> 4.1 - let's make use of Trac to not forget our plans and ideas. > >>>> > >>>> jm2c > >>>> kp > >>> > >>> IMHO we need to do some small modifications to base system before > >>> freezing it - at least, today I discovered that busybox's modprobe can > >>> load modules with parameters if they are specified into > >>> /etc/modules/<module_name> - this is very suitable for NICs and so on. > >>> Unfortunatelly, current distro has file named /etc/modules - so that > >>> feature can't be used. IMHO we need to replace it's name to, for ex., > >>> modules.conf. > >> > >> This is definitely something which is important, if that's the only way > >> to support modules parameter. > > > > And turns upgrades into a nightmare, let's face it, this is not LEAF > > anymore, we might just as well use any stripped down Debian soon. > > Why you think so? > Now /etc/modules is almost empty (it only has iptables and ppp modules; > iptables modules looks like unnecessary - main modules are loaded by > daemon, other modules - when they really needed, possible - there will > be specified something exotic lire nf_nat_pptp). > And if we renamed it to modules.conf - it will not cause much headache > for 3.x users. > /etc/modules/ directory is really needed for some NIC drivers (it isn't > enough good to force driver loading with parameters in current > /etc/modules), and for iptables modules like nf_conntrack (it's hashsize > option).
Andrew; just to be shure and for clarification: Is that all related and needed to some sort of "autoloading of modules" by "hwdetect" or can't we load modules as in 3.x with parameters given in /etc/modules? kp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
