On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 18:14:12 -0400 "Rob" <debian-laptop@lists.debian.org> wrote:
At a quick guess - those modules are all loaded in the initial ram disk (the "initrd"), so that machines can access a CDROM drive or a hard drive on an off-board IDE or SCSI controller. Ask google for details, but this is one of the reasons why I roll my own kernels. > I've installed the kernel-image-2.4.22-1-686 package. Until now, I've > been running the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel. Though I didn't change what > modules I load, with this new kernel package have come a whole bunch > of new modules that are being loaded. I've run modconfig and removed > them, but they continue to to load at boot. Short of booting back into > the bf2.4 kernel, I don't know what to do about it. Any help would be > appreciated. Below are is the output of lsmod from the bf2.4 and > 2.4.22 kernels respectively: > > bf2.4: > Module Size Used by Not tainted > axnet_cs 11396 1 > ds 6624 2 [axnet_cs] > i82365 22384 2 > pcmcia_core 41376 0 [axnet_cs ds i82365] > parport_pc 25672 1 (autoclean) > lp 6880 0 (autoclean) > parport 21696 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] > nls_cp437 4384 2 (autoclean) > cs4232 3552 0 (unused) > ad1848 20640 0 [cs4232] > uart401 5984 0 [cs4232] > sound 52844 0 [cs4232 ad1848 uart401] > soundcore 3204 4 [sound] > isa-pnp 27400 0 [cs4232 ad1848] > keybdev 1664 0 (unused) > input 3040 0 [keybdev] > usb-uhci 20676 0 (unused) > usbcore 48000 0 [usb-uhci] > > 2.4.22: > Module Size Used by Not tainted > axnet_cs 12904 1 > ds 7060 2 [axnet_cs] > yenta_socket 10848 2 > pcmcia_core 47168 0 [axnet_cs ds yenta_socket] > parport_pc 23880 1 (autoclean) > lp 7168 0 (autoclean) > parport 26728 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] > nls_cp437 4348 2 (autoclean) > cs4232 4132 0 (unused) > ad1848 24524 0 [cs4232] > uart401 6852 0 [cs4232] > sound 59528 0 [cs4232 ad1848 uart401] > soundcore 3940 4 [sound] > isa-pnp 32912 0 [cs4232 ad1848] > keybdev 2116 0 (unused) > input 3648 0 [keybdev] > usb-uhci 23600 0 (unused) > usbcore 63372 0 [usb-uhci] > rtc 6792 0 (autoclean) > reiserfs 191056 1 (autoclean) > isofs 26228 0 (autoclean) > vfat 10860 1 (autoclean) > fat 32152 0 (autoclean) [vfat] > ext2 36352 0 (autoclean) > ext3 65316 2 (autoclean) > jbd 42760 2 (autoclean) [ext3] > ide-detect 10832 0 (autoclean) > cmd64x 8036 0 (autoclean) (unused) > cmd640 2916 0 (autoclean) (unused) > cy82c693 2156 0 (autoclean) (unused) > slc90e66 4880 0 (autoclean) (unused) > sis5513 11824 0 (autoclean) (unused) > via82cxxx 11144 0 (autoclean) (unused) > aec62xx 6020 0 (autoclean) (unused) > amd74xx 10148 0 (autoclean) (unused) > serverworks 8412 0 (autoclean) (unused) > hpt34x 2504 0 (autoclean) (unused) > hpt366 15556 0 (autoclean) (unused) > ide-disk 16832 5 (autoclean) [hpt366] > piix 8392 1 (autoclean) > opti621 2668 0 (autoclean) (unused) > generic 1928 0 (autoclean) (unused) > sc1200 5232 0 (autoclean) (unused) > alim15x3 7796 0 (autoclean) (unused) > pdc202xx_old 11492 0 (autoclean) (unused) > pdc202xx_new 8004 0 (autoclean) (unused) > ns87415 2056 0 (autoclean) (unused) > rz1000 1064 0 (autoclean) (unused) > cs5530 3728 0 (autoclean) (unused) > adma100 840 0 (autoclean) (unused) > siimage 9124 0 (autoclean) (unused) > triflex 2508 0 (autoclean) (unused) > trm290 2506 0 (autoclean) (unused) > ide-core 99064 5 (autoclean) [ide-detect cmd64x > cmd640 cy82c693 slc90e66 sis5513 via82cxxx aec62xx amd74xx serverworks > hpt34x hpt366 ide-disk piix opti621 generic sc1200 alim15x3 > pdc202xx_old pdc202xx_new ns87415 rz1000 cs5530 adma100 siimage > triflex trm290] unix 15500 5 (autoclean) > > -- > > ...Rob > Return address obfuscated. > You can reach me via mylaptop (at) twcny dot rr dot com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >