Re: autoload of kernel modules: how?

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Le lundi 18 juillet 2005 �2:16 +0100, Paul Howarth a �it :
> Timothy Murphy wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>In FC4 you can create a script with a name ending in ".modules"
> >>in /etc/sysconfig/modules and that will get run at around the same time
> >>that rc.modules would be run. This is the "approved" may of doing this
> >>now.
> > 
> > 
> > Is this preferable to writing a modprobe command in rc.local ?
> > Is rc.local frowned on now?
> 
> Depends when you want the module loaded. rc.local is executed right at 
> the end of the boot process, but rc.modules or 
> /etc/sysconfig/modules/*.modules is much earlier. If you need your 
> module loading for some services to start, rc.local will be too late.
> 
> Paul.
> 
Ok what is the syntax of these *.modules files (ie if i want to load a
module named spca5xx i have just to add it in this file) ?
You say that /etc/sysconfig/modules/*.modules is much earlier but when ?

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