Hello SuSE folkz, Could somebody tell me please how to reconstruct missing /etc/modules.conf file? May be you can point me to the source where I can find description for the each entry in modules.conf? I'm very interested to create my own modules.config file according to my custom compiled kernel. Unfortunately, I couldn't find more or less descriptive information about what means each block-major or char-major entry in this file? Based on what rule alias char-major-4 defined as a serial port and alias char-major-6 defined as lp? How and by what means modules.conf was created initially? Thank you in advance for any information. Alex -- MS Windows users should be covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act! --------------> Try Linux and you'll understand why <--------------
Hello SuSE folkz, Could somebody tell me please how to reconstruct missing /etc/modules.conf file? May be you can point me to the source where I can find description for
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:23:19 -0800
Alex Daniloff
each entry in modules.conf? I'm very interested to create my own modules.config file according to my custom compiled kernel.
For what it is worth (not much), this was the aspect I found hardest to deal with when I switched to vanilla kernels a year ago. I could not find a single source which had the necessary information and I ended up using my existing SuSE modules.conf and experimentig a lot. The most useful source of information was simply "man modules.conf".
Unfortunately, I couldn't find more or less descriptive information about what means each block-major or char-major entry in this file? Based on what rule alias char-major-4 defined as a serial port and alias char-major-6 defined as lp? H
See the file devices.txt in the Documentation section of the kernel tree.
How and by what means modules.conf wascreated initially?
I think that the basic form is just part of the distro - but some sections are then automaticlly modified by other scripts as you install new stuff. If you do not have a modules.conf at all now I am sure that someone will send you theirs. You can have mine if you want - but it is based on my 7.0. Regards. Geoff _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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Hello SuSE folkz, Could somebody tell me please how to reconstruct missing /etc/modules.conf file? May be you can point me to the source where I can find description for the each entry in modules.conf? <snip> alias char-major-6 defined as lp? How and by what means modules.conf was created initially? Thank you in advance for any information. Alex
-- man modules.conf, man insmod, man modprobe are all helpful entries for understanding modules. The /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt is also an essential read. SuSEconfig should generate one for you. Yast should be your first stop.
John
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