When to use modules.autoload.d ?

cheuschober · n00b Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 55 Location: New York, NY

Hi.

Is there a consistent / quick way to tell which modules the kernel will load on its own and which modules init scripts will handle versus those kernel modules that need to be placed in autoload.d?

This question has /always/ confused me with gentoo because the module autoloading may be turned on in the kernel but it doesn't actually load everything and I have no way to tell what's really being loaded and what's not. If anyone could offer some insight I'd greatly appreciate it.

Regards,
~chad

didymos · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject:

If a module depends on other modules, then those other modules will be autoloaded. If it's not required by the system to boot or by another module, but you want it to load at boot, then you use modules.autoload.d or a service (like the alsasound or iptables services).
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twork · Apprentice Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 198

nixnut · Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Kernel & Hardware.
kernel related, so moved here.
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