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Re: network modules loading?



On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 07:09:16AM -0500, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
>    Newbie to Debian. I've got a 4.0 system with two nics in it, one a 
> realtek 8139, the other a 3com 3c905. One is configured via dhcp, the other 
> will be via static. I read that /etc/modules contains the names of kernel 
> drivers loaded at boot.

That is true to a point. It contains the names of modules forced to
load at boot. There are many other ways to load modules.

> I checked this file expecting to see the names of 
> the nic modules, all i saw is loop for the loopback device, yet the nics 
> are loaded. Checking lsmod i see the modules, mii, 3c59x, and 8139too. 
> Where are they loading from?

probably udev is seeing the devices and loading the modules.

A

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