Re: mounting the minimum

[gustavo halperin <ggh.develop@gmail.com>]

Rob Sims wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 01:11:20AM +0200, gustavo halperin wrote:
>   
> > Hello
> >
> > I have some kernel-modules questions:
> > After the linux  SO was started, can I check which modules of 
> > "/etc/modules" was successfully mounted and aren't in use?
> > Second, if I know the modules that aren't in use, Is OK if I remove 
> > them from "/etc/modules" and mount them after the boot time using some 
> > script or manually as root ?
> >     
>
> Just try rmmod modname; it won't remove modules in use.  It's OK to
> manually load modules later, but why would you want to?
>   
Just in order to reduce the boot time of the system.

>  
>   
> > Last question: there are any way to have a "/etc/modules" file 
> > corresponding to each kernel and her modules ?
> >     
>
> Looking at /etc/init.d/module-init-tools:
> KVER=$(uname -r)
> KMAJ=${KVER%${KVER#*.*[^.]}}
> KMAJ=${KMAJ%.}
>
> if [ -e /etc/modules-$KVER ]; then
>   MODULES_FILE=/etc/modules-$KVER
> elif [ -e /etc/modules-$KMAJ ]; then
>   MODULES_FILE=/etc/modules-$KMAJ
> else
>   MODULES_FILE=/etc/modules
> fi
>   

Thank you a lot,
       Gustavo