>>>>> "Doug" == Doug MacFarlane <madmac@covad.net> writes: [...] >> If you want to have it loaded every time you boot up, add a line to >> the end of /etc/modules that just says "af_packet". You could >> instead try adding a line "alias net-pf-17 af_packet" (at least >> that's what the kernel docs say) to /etc/modutils/aliases and running >> update-modules. That would be the cleaner approach, but I'm not 100% >> sure if that will load the module when dhclient attempts to use it. Doug> Is that the "Debian" way? Or should I run modconf and select it Doug> to be loaded at boot time? I'm not entirely sure if there *is* a "Debian" way for this. The "update-modules" script is the Debian way for editing /etc/modules.conf, but for /etc/modules, I don't think there's any special Debian thing for that. I have never used modconf, so I can't say anything about it, but I assume that if you use it to select af_packet to be loaded at boot time, it will just edit /etc/modules for you, and nothing more. My recommendation: If you care about "cleanness", and have time to experiment, try adding "alias net-pf-17 af_packet" to /etc/modutils/alias, and running update-modules, rebooting, and see if that works. The only reason I say this approach is more "clean" is that it would only load the af_packet module when it's needed. But if "when it's needed" turns out to be "all the time", it doesn't really gain you much from a practical standpoint. If you don't care about "cleanness" and/or just want to get things running, add the "af_packet" line to /etc/modules. It won't break anything, and the worst that could happen is that you get a warning that it can't find the af_packet module if you ever switch to a kernel which has it compiled in, rather than compiled as a module. (I'm not even sure you'll get the warning message.) Neither approach will cause any problems with any other part of the Debian system. (Just don't try to edit /etc/modules.conf directly -- always use update-modules.) -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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