--- Al Graziano <al.graziano@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > > can anybody point me to some reading to better > understand how Fedora > loads modules, in which order and from which > directories etc., > especially with regards to Fedora 6. I've read a lot > around but nothing > that gives me a firm idea > > I am trying to understand how I can install certain > modules at boot up > and conversely how I can change a module from > being installed > automatically to manually using modprobe. In order > to do that I need to > know more about modules that installed at bootup > > Thanks in advance > Al > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > If you want to add some modules at bootup, you need to add them to /etc/modprobe.conf with a particular line for them. For instance, I have a smartlink modem, which gets loaded automatically with the line added to modprobe.conf. [olivares@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 3c59x alias snd-card-0 snd-ali5451 options snd-card-0 index=0 options snd-ali5451 index=0 remove snd-ali5451 { /usr/sbin/alsactl store 0 >/dev/null 2>&1 || : ; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove snd-ali5451 install slamr modprobe --ignore-install ungrab-winmodem ; modprobe --ignore-install slamr; test -e /dev/slamr0 || (/bin/mknod -m 660 /dev/slamr0 c 242 0 2>/dev/null && chgrp uucp /dev/slamr0) To not automatically load them at bootime, there is a file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist which lists the one that you do not want loaded at bootup time, [olivares@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist # # Listing a module here prevents the hotplug scripts from loading it. # Usually that'd be so that some other driver will bind it instead, # no matter which driver happens to get probed first. Sometimes user # mode tools can also control driver binding. # # Syntax: driver name alone (without any spaces) on a line. Other # lines are ignored. # # watchdog drivers blacklist i8xx_tco # framebuffer drivers blacklist aty128fb blacklist atyfb blacklist radeonfb blacklist i810fb blacklist cirrusfb blacklist intelfb blacklist kyrofb blacklist i2c-matroxfb blacklist hgafb blacklist nvidiafb blacklist rivafb blacklist savagefb blacklist sstfb blacklist neofb blacklist tridentfb blacklist tdfxfb blacklist virgefb blacklist vga16fb # ISDN - see bugs 154799, 159068 blacklist hisax blacklist hisax_fcpcipnp Hope this helps, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news
