Re: Confused about modules

[Robert Parker <bposs@dodo.com.au>]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 00:19, Kent West wrote:
> Robert Parker wrote:
> >That's dealt with the actual problem, but I notice that lsmod gives me 27
> >lines of modules, there are just 2 modules in my /etc/modules.
> > Where/when/how do the other 25 modules get installed? Only 1 of the first
> > 5 appears in /etc/modules.conf.
>
> Tools like hotplug and discover automatically load modules as necessary.
> It's just that sometimes they miss a needed module, and that's why you
> need to add them to /etc/modules to get them loaded.

Thanks, that completes the picture.