I don't know that any low level drivers need to explicitly specified in /etc/modules. My ethernet card, scsi hostadapter, filesystems, etc. all load and unload on demand, as long as the right aliases are set in /etc/conf.modules.
--Brian Borg Dale Scheetz wrote: > > On Tue, 27 May 1997, Harmon Sequoya Nine wrote: > > > > > To use all of your modules, do you need only to put "auto" in your > > /etc/modules file, or do you need to put all of the modules that you > > want loaded on demand as well? > > > Not at all! If the comment is removed from auto then modules will be > loaded when needed. Only low level drivers, like for scsi cards, need be > specified here. If your machine had an Adaptec 1542 scsi interface card > installed, the line "aha1542" in the modules file would be enough to make > it work. > Another point to note: Modules specified explicitly (in addition to auto) > will never be unloaded by kerneld even if they are never used. I used this > feature to keep the serial module in memory so that its particular > interupt settings would not be lost by kerneld unloading it. > > Luck, > > Dwarf > -- > _-_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_-_-_-_- > > aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 > Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
