On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:09:16AM -0500, Dave wrote: > Hello, > Newbie to Debian. I've got a 4.0 system with two nics in it, one a > realtek 8139, the other a 3com 3c905. One is configured via dhcp, the other > will be via static. I read that /etc/modules contains the names of kernel > drivers loaded at boot.
That is true to a point. It contains the names of modules forced to load at boot. There are many other ways to load modules. > I checked this file expecting to see the names of > the nic modules, all i saw is loop for the loopback device, yet the nics > are loaded. Checking lsmod i see the modules, mii, 3c59x, and 8139too. > Where are they loading from? probably udev is seeing the devices and loading the modules. A
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