From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263125AbTDRQeS (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:34:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263139AbTDRQeS (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:34:18 -0400 Received: from nat9.steeleye.com ([65.114.3.137]:37126 "EHLO fenric.sc.steeleye.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263125AbTDRQeR (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:34:17 -0400 Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 12:32:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Paul Clements Reply-To: Paul.Clements@steeleye.com To: davidsen@tmr.com cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RedHat 9 and 2.5.x support In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Paul Clements wrote: > On Fri, 18 Apr 2003, Bill Davidsen wrote: > > The last I looked modprobe.conf was a seriously deficient subset of > > modules.conf, but I haven't d/l the latest version, so some of the > > omissions may have been addressed. The major feature missing is (or was) > > the lack of probe capability (and probeall). > > I think you can achieve the same outcome with a carefully crafted "install" > command in modprobe.conf (granted it will be much more verbose than the > equivalent "probe"). Actually, it's even easier than that...Rusty's included a script: /sbin/generate-modprobe.conf in the new modutils package that will convert modules.conf to modprobe.conf automagically... -- Paul