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On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hi list! |
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> Quick question: If I deactivate the kmod use flag in udev and keep |
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> sys-apps/module-init-tools, does udev still load modules or is kmod a |
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> required flag for that? |
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I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think so. The git repository has not a |
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single instance of the strings "modprobe" or "insmod", apparently the |
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only way to load modules in udev is to use kmod. I think the kmod |
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configure option (which is the one the USE flag activate/deactivate), |
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is for systems where all the modules are built-in, like embedded ones. |
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Unless udev has no other means to load modules, I think disabling kmod |
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assumes then that all the modules are built-in. And if you use |
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modules, may I ask why you would prefer module-init-tools over kmod? |
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Specially when the later is a drop-in, better supported replacement? |
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Regards. |
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Canek Peláez Valdés |
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Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
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