Re: kerneld

[Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>]

On Wed, 28 May 1997, Brian N. Borg wrote:

> I don't know that any low level drivers need to explicitly specified 
> in /etc/modules.  My ethernet card, scsi hostadapter, filesystems, 
> etc. all load and unload on demand, as long as the right aliases 
> are set in /etc/conf.modules.
> 
You are correct. /etc/conf.modules is the alternative location for such
configuration information. For the drivers that are specific to a hardware
controler either an entry in /etc/modules or an entry in /etc/conf.modules
is required to inform the system of the correct driver to install. The
advantage of /etc/conf.modules is that you can also specify parameters to
pass to the drivers in question, like irq settings and such.

Luck,

Dwarf
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