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From: James Ausmus <james.ausmus@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/hwclock & /etc/init.d/ntp-client failed to start due to service dependency problem?
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:01:27
Message-Id: b79f23070809050901l2fde21dft33c50548ecd85970@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/init.d/hwclock & /etc/init.d/ntp-client failed to start due to service dependency problem? by Neil Bothwick
1 On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 1:07 AM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 > On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:24:25 +0800, Wang, Baojun wrote:
3 <snip>
4
5 > Build it into the kernel. There's usually not much point in building
6 > something as a module if you're going to load it every time you boot,
7 > unless you want to pass it options.
8
9 Not to sidetrack the thread, but this seems to be a bit of a common
10 misconception - you can pass *all* the same options to a built-in
11 driver via the kernel boot line as you can to the same driver built as
12 a module - you just do a $modulename.$optionname=$value on the boot
13 command line - very easy...
14
15 -James
16
17
18 <snip>
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20
21 > --
22 > Neil Bothwick
23 >
24 > Every time I jump on the bandwagon all its wheels fall off.
25 >