>
> Howdie,
>
> Anybody any ideas how/where the file conf.modules is used? Is it
> used by "kerneld" and where can I set which modules I want loaded
> upon startup?
>
> Regards,
>
> Maarten van Leunen
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I think it mostly depends on your distribution. For a BSD type init
scripts, there should be a rc.modules file floating around in /etc/rc.d. It
contains the daemon (kerneld) startup, and well as a whole lot of modprobe
commands. I think this applies to distributions like Slackware, Stampede,
and such. If you're using a SysV type (or derivative) init scripts, you
will have something slightly different. For RedHat I believe you put
aliases in the conf.modules file in /etc, while for Debian I think you have
a file called /etc/modules where you simply list one module per line.
I think kerneld has been superseded by the kernel's kmod. You can find
documentation about this in the kernel source tree
(/usr/src/linux/Documentation/kmod.txt). It's pretty easy to set up and get
working.
Hope it helps.
Cheers,
-- Steve --
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