A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > Hello, > > >From the docs that I've read in the kernel source, I gathered > that kerneld and kmod are two different utils to load modules. > > But how do I know which one is being used on my system, and > does it really a make big difference?
It really doesn't make a difference, but it looks like you misunderstood the kernel source. kerneld is no longer used; it was replaced by kmod, which is a kernel thread that has the same functionality. This change was made to simplify the kernel source. Unless you're using a very old modutils (ie older than 2.1.83 or so; Debian has been using at least 2.1.121 for over a year) kerneld will refuse to load on a system that uses a mid-range 2.1 kernel (which there is no reason to use anyway). You whether you're using kerneld or kmod based on the kernel version: 2.0.x needs kerneld, while 2.2.x/2.3.x use kmod. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] "There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein