Re: Why are modules and modules.conf not versioned?

[Eric Richardson <eric.richardson@milagrosoft.com>]

Wichert Akkerman wrote:

> Previously Eric Richardson wrote:
>
>> Which file is this in?
>>
>
> Everything in /etc/modutils. Read the modules.conf(5) manpage.

Okay. I guess modules.conf will provide everything that a person could 
use. I personally think that this is way harder than other things in 
Debian. For special cases or difficult cases then okay but for normal 
cases I think this is too much. For me Debian is appealing as it just 
works when you install things but this is definitely a weak point IMHO.

Normally the modconf program lets you install modules with options if 
needed and it just works. This doesn't work across vastly different 
kernels such as a Woody 2.2.x to 2.4.x upgrade or custom kernels that 
have different module requirements perhap because some are build in if 
you want to boot to different kernels. Is it possible that this should 
be changed somehow since the kernels are so modular or is kernel 
experimentation just for people who want to hand tweak the modules.conf 
file?

Is it really just not required to build custom kernels now-a-days? Sorry 
for the prodding but I just hate when things are hard.

Thanks,
Eric