Re: Debian modules
JJ van Gorkum wrote:
Jim Popovitch wrote:
I've installed Debian Sarge on a few *servers*, and I see that the
default kernel loads many more modules than I need (snd_*, floppy,
vesafb, etc.) Is there a way to prevent Sarge from loading a bunch of
crap automatically?
Jim,
We are all shooting in the dark here... can you post the output of a
lsmod and lspci so we can see what we are talking about...
Here's the lspci output from a server (running 2.6.8-3-686):
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82865G/PE/P DRAM
Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp. 82865G Integrated
Graphics Device (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #1 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #2 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #3 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB
UHCI #4 (rev 02)
0000:00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2
EHCI Controller (rev 02)
0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
0000:00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Bridge
(rev 02)
0000:00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) Ultra
ATA 100 Storage Controller (re
v 02)
0000:00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller
(rev 02)
0000:00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801EB/ER
(ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller
(rev 02)
0000:01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet
Controller (rev 02)
the /etc/modules on this system contains just this:
e100
ext3
ide-cd
ide-detect
ide-disk
and here's the lsmod output:
af_packet 22568 0
sg 39168 0
ppdev 9924 0
snd_pcm_oss 55080 0
snd_pcm 98728 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 11752 1 snd_pcm
snd_timer 25732 1 snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd 57156 4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
soundcore 10272 1 snd
floppy 61200 0
sr_mod 17316 0
parport_pc 36900 0
parport 41800 2 ppdev,parport_pc
tun 9344 1
ipv6 264836 8
capability 4520 0
commoncap 7232 1 capability
ide_cd 42656 0
cdrom 40732 2 sr_mod,ide_cd
e100 32608 0
mii 5120 1 e100
genrtc 9588 0
ext3 127240 1
jbd 62616 1 ext3
mbcache 9348 1 ext3
ide_generic 1408 0
piix 13440 1
ide_disk 19296 3
ide_core 139940 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk
sd_mod 21728 0
ata_piix 8132 0
libata 41700 1 ata_piix
scsi_mod 125228 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
unix 28756 124
font 8320 0
vesafb 6656 0
cfbcopyarea 3872 1 vesafb
cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb
cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb
-Jim P.
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