Re: /etc/modutils/arch/i386

[matt zagrabelny <z@saturnsys.com>]

On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 08:31, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
> Quoting matt zagrabelny <z@saturnsys.com>:
> > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 00:43, Martin Kacerovsky wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:47:23PM -0600, matt zagrabelny wrote:
> > > > i commented out the "alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in
> > > > /etc/modutils/arch/i386 by the following:
> > > > 
> > > > #alias char-major-10-135 rtc
> > > > 
> > > > then run update-modules, however on reboot i still get 
> > > > the error message about loading the char-major-10-135 module. 
> > > > but when i do the following:
> > > > 
> > > > alias char-major-10-135 off
> > > > 
> > > > then run update-modules and reboot the error message goes away.
> > > > 
> > > > can someone explain this (in detail) please.
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > 
> > > > -matt
> > > 
> > > RTC it's used during boot, while setting system clock, I guess
> > > 
> > > Compile module rtc.o 
> > > In make menuconfig :
> > > 'Character devices' -> 'Enhanced Real Time Clock Support'
> > > comment out that line in /etc/modutils... and reconfigure modules ...
> > > Don't forget to put it into /etc/modules ...
> > 
> > thanks for the reply, i didnt state my question clearly. why doesnt the
> > commenting out of the line in /etc/modutils/arch/i386 work for getting
> > the error on boot to go away?
> > 
> > 
> 
> With the line commented out, there is no mapping from
> char-major-10-135 to any module, so the lookup fails.  With the line,
> the mapping is to a non-existant module, so the lookup fails.  Setting
> it to off says there is no such module and the lookup succeeds, the
> answer is no.  I have a half dozen alias off lines in my setup to get
> rid of the warnings.

thanks, that helps. one more question:

if /etc/modutils/arch/i386 describes the mappings, where is the module
(char-major-10-135) being told to load at boot time?