Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: es> Peter Jay Salzman wrote: >> 2. which applications use this configuration file? and when? >> only at boot time? Just to be perfectly clear, modules.conf is used to configure loadable _kernel_ modules only. It is not used for _any_ userspace a

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Erik Steffl
Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > i've never got this straight -- > > 1. what is modules.conf? what is it used for? various information about modules, for example options (which irq to use etc.), you can also turn off the modules (for example if kernels looks for modules you do not have (and you

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Philipp Lehman
On Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i've never got this straight -- >1. what is modules.conf? what is it used for? The main configuration file for kernel modules. Defines aliases and options used when loading modules. >2. which applications use this configuration

Re: what is modules.conf

2000-10-20 Thread Matthias Mann
Hi Peter! /etc/modules.conf includes all the names of modules, they are installed into your kernel. I´m not shure whether modconf has generated this file. But modconf will write into it by selecting a module to put it into the kernel. The kernel reads this file to see which modules shall be load a