On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 08:31, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting matt zagrabelny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 00:43, Martin Kacerovsky wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 11:47:23PM -0600, matt zagrabelny wrote: > > > > i commented out the "alias char-major-10-135 rtc" line in > > > > /etc/modutils/arch/i386 by the following: > > > > > > > > #alias char-major-10-135 rtc > > > > > > > > then run update-modules, however on reboot i still get > > > > the error message about loading the char-major-10-135 module. > > > > but when i do the following: > > > > > > > > alias char-major-10-135 off > > > > > > > > then run update-modules and reboot the error message goes away. > > > > > > > > can someone explain this (in detail) please. > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > -matt > > > > > > RTC it's used during boot, while setting system clock, I guess > > > > > > Compile module rtc.o > > > In make menuconfig : > > > 'Character devices' -> 'Enhanced Real Time Clock Support' > > > comment out that line in /etc/modutils... and reconfigure modules ... > > > Don't forget to put it into /etc/modules ... > > > > thanks for the reply, i didnt state my question clearly. why doesnt the > > commenting out of the line in /etc/modutils/arch/i386 work for getting > > the error on boot to go away? > > > > > > With the line commented out, there is no mapping from > char-major-10-135 to any module, so the lookup fails. With the line, > the mapping is to a non-existant module, so the lookup fails. Setting > it to off says there is no such module and the lookup succeeds, the > answer is no. I have a half dozen alias off lines in my setup to get > rid of the warnings.
thanks, that helps. one more question: if /etc/modutils/arch/i386 describes the mappings, where is the module (char-major-10-135) being told to load at boot time? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
