Re: Disabling autoload of wlan module?

[Thomas Neumann <blacky_tn@fluffbunny.de>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 02:44:15 +0200, Thomas Neumann wrote:
> > Things that did work:
> > ´---------------------------------------------
> > | install ipw2200 /bin/true
> > `-- /etc/modutils/local-powersave
> >
> > Too well. Well the module wasn't autoloaded, but manual loading isn't  
> > possible either. Obviously.
>
> I think that
>
> modprobe --ignore-install ipw2200
>
> should work to load the module manually. Maybe that is an acceptable
> workaround, in combination with keeping the "... /bin/true" directive in
> the configuration file.
>
> > I'm looking for a nice and clean way to disable autoloading. Just
> > autoloading. I do not want to remove the module from the kernel tree
> > because I need it from time to time. I do not like to do an rmmod,
> > because that feels like a kludge.

I've settled for the kludge. (rmmod) But I rewrote it a bit. When 
requesting a different network configuration the script checks now 
whether the module was previously loaded, and either loads or unloads it 
appropriately. This way I can change from a network to a mobile 
configuration and back and the wlan module is always in the right state.

tschüß
thomas