[gentoo-user] Correct syntax for /etc/conf.d/modules

[Mick]

I am getting confused about the syntax that openrc is meant to follow ...

One box of mine that uses modules ran some script at the time that I upgraded 
to openrc and it added my currently running modules into /etc/conf.d/modules.

The syntax was like so:

modules_2_6="${modules_2_6} cls_tcindex"
module_cls_tcindex_args_2_6="

Things moved on and with newer kernel versions I went to update the file after 
I had a look at the documentation:

  http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/openrc-migration.xml

Well there is no ${modules_2_6} shown in the examples so I removed it from my 
/etc/conf.d/modules.  The new syntax was now:

modules_3_2="cls_tcindex"

and guess what?  No modules loaded at all when I reboot.  :-/


I had to add ${modules_3_2} in there to get things going again.

However 'echo ${modules_3_2}' on the CLI does not show anything.  Can you 
please explain why this variable is needed for modules to load up again and 
why it is not shown in the documentation?
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Regards,
Mick