On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Thanks for your Oon-ee. >> >> Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Oon-Ee Ng <ngoonee.talk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> rc.conf - MODULES(!mod1, !mod2): blacklisting modules in the modules >>>> array will no longer have any effect. modprobe already provides two >>>> different ways of preventing modules from being loaded, so this is >>>> just a matter of updating some configuration files. To blacklist >>>> modules, add a new .conf file to /etc/modprobe.d/ with the contents >>>> >>>> blacklist mod1 >>>> blacklist mod2 >>> <snip> >>> >>> This seems a regression of current rc.conf behaviour (in essence, >>> moves another configuration back to upstream default which was >>> previously in rc.conf). Is there any good reason to keep current >>> behaviour (perhaps an Arch-specific udev rule which parses MODULES for >>> blacklisting?) >> >> I have not found any uses of the MODULES array like you describe (if >> they exist they should be considered bugs though, the MODULES array >> was not meant to be used in this way). However, if anyone knows of >> any, then please let me know. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tom >> > > Glad to oblige, here's my current MODULES:- > MODULES=(!phc-intel acpi_cpufreq vboxdrv vboxnetflt loop fuse > !net-pf-10 !snd_pcsp uinput !pcspkr coretemp) > > When I was testing out undervolting I used the phc-intel blacklist to > prevent it loading (otherwise it would automatically load even if not > listed). Don't use it anymore, but its a use-case. The blacklists of > the other three I got from the old old Beginner's Guide when I first > set up (couple of years back) but at least snd_pcsp and pcspkr are > still recommended to be blacklisted here > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Disable_PC_Speaker_Beep > > The purpose is simply to disable those annoying speaker beeps. Since > computers normally come with sound cards nowadays, why would we want > to hear polyphonic beeps which even our handphones and microwave ovens > don't use anymore =). > > As I said, when the change happens I'd personally just write the > custom udev rules and forget about them, no big deal. > Ah, and I just remembered net-pf-10 was to disable IPv6 (I think). But in that case, the wiki has been updated with the new methods of doing so.
