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mpn
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 Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 3:29 am Post subject: modules modules.d modprobe.conf modules.autoload.d ... |
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When I go into /etc and type ls mod then <tab><tab> I get all of the following:
modprobe.conf
modprobe.devfs
modules.autoload.d
modules.conf
modules.d
Why are there so many modules-related directories? It's driving me crazy because I like to know why things work, and there are just too many god-damned files. modprobe.(conf|devfs) can be guessed--the config file for modprobe. Is modules.autoload.d/kernel-x.y for the modules that are to be loaded at boottime for kernel-x.y? What is modules.conf for? What is modules.d for?
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rav
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Nov 2003
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I think you'll find /etc/modules.conf is used as the global config file for all modules, but via modules-update it is split into individual config files in /etc/modules.d/.
/etc/modules.autoload.d/ is used as you said.
For more spesific info, see the manpages of modules-update, modules.conf and modprobe.conf. |
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