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SubjectRe: CONFIG_KMOD in x86_64/defconfig (was Re: iptables is complaining with bogus unknown error 18446744073709551615)
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On Thu, 2006-04-27 at 16:24 -0300, Harald Welte wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:41:40AM -0400, Maurice Volaski wrote:
> > >On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 09:12:38PM -0400, Maurice Volaski wrote:
> > >> Automatic kernel module loading! That is an option and it's off by
> > >> default. When it's off, attempts to load kernel modules are ignored
> > >> internally, and that's why iptables was failing. It tried to load
> > >> xt_tcpudp, but was ignored by the kernel.
> > >What do you mean by "it's an option" and "is off by default". I would
> > >claim that any major linux distribution that I've seen in the last ten
> > >years has support for module auto loading (enabled by default).
> >
> > Distribution vendors are free to change it to whatever they want, I guess, but it's OFF by
> > default in the official kernel (.config).
>
> apparently architecture-specific:
>
> grep KMOD arch/i386/defconfig
> CONFIG_KMOD=y
>
> grep KMOD arch/x86_64/defconfig
> CONFIG_KMOD is not set
>
> don't know why x86_64 turns it off by default. the help message says
> 'if unsure, say Y' (which makes sense!)


also defconfig is really irrelevant... you should look at what the
Kconfig has to say

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