Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Date | Sat, 14 Oct 2000 01:14:38 +1100 |
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:01:56 -0400, "Chris Swiedler" <chris.swiedler@sevista.com> wrote: >Why is modprobe kept as a separate executable, when nothing else in the >kernel is (seems to be)?
modprobe is a user space tool, it can be used by hand at any time. It shares a lot of code with insmod and depmod, another pair of user space tools. It is not the only one, exec_usermodehelper() is a general routine and is used by baycom_epp as well (for /usr/sbin/eppfpga). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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