Re: Modules

[Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>]

On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 11:52:38AM -0700, Pann McCuaig wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 30, 1998 at 10:36:07PM +0200, Dennis Janssen wrote:
> > Just installed Debian 2.0, and now I have a question about modules.
> > 
> > I have managed to get isapnp setup my network card properly. When I manually
> > give:
> >    insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ 8390.0
> >    insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne io=0x220 irq=11
> > I get the message that the ne modules has been successfully loaded.
> > 
> > Now I want to ne.o module to be loaded at boot. How/what/where?
> 
> $ cat /etc/init.d/isapnp
> #! /bin/sh
> 
> # /etc/init.d/isapnp: configure Plug and Play boards
> 
> test -x /sbin/isapnp || exit 0
> 
> if [ -r /etc/isapnp.conf ]; then
>     /sbin/isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf
> fi
> 
> # install the pnp devices
> 
> /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/8390.o
> /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.0.34/net/ne.o io=0x240

Wow; mass overkill. Just edit /etc/modules, and list every module
you want to be loaded. You can provide options for them in
/etc/conf.modules.


Hamish
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