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SubjectRe: Load kernel module automatically
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:

> Hi, I couldn't find the /etc/modules file in my Linux
> machine. There is only a modules.conf file under /etc
> directory. My Linux is RedHat 7.2 with kernel version
> 2.4.7-10. What is wrong with this?
>
> Michael

Just create the file, and then put in the text.

/etc/modules.conf is for module options and aliases.
example: My sound card is a sb16, with irq=7 io=0x220, dma1=0, dma2=5

in /etc/modules.conf (this is from memory, might not be exact)
alias eth0 3c59x
alias sound sb
options sb irq=7, io=0x220, dma=0, dma16=5

Now, I can do "modprobe sound"[0] and it will load my sb module with those
paramaters. I could also do "modprobe sb" and it will load my sb module
with those parameters. I can also do "modprobe eth0" and it will load my
3c59x module.

You may also put the aliased names in /etc/modules.

example:

eth0
sound
vfat

[0] modprobe is the preferred way to load modules, instead of insmod.
modprobe will load any dependencies your module needs, and will unload all
of them if one fails to load.

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