Re: Newbish Q: Why modprobe.d *and* modutils?
On 18 Feb 2004 at 16:41:36, CW Harris wrote:
> does 2.6 require both? I currently have kept both since I
> have a 2.4 kernel for a rescue boot, but I was planning to
> remove it eventually.
With 2.6, update-modules uses /etc/modutils/* to form
/lib/modules/modprobe.conf, which is included in
/etc/modprobe.conf.
All this is for is some default system mappings. That's why
you keep both, but don't have to worry about maintaining
/etc/modutils.
Adam
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