On Mon, 2004-07-19 at 22:31, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Peter Backlund (peter.backlund@xxxxxxx) said: > > - modprobe.conf.d and prelink.conf.d, similar to ld.so.conf.d. > > Whatever for? (in the case of modprobe.conf.d) I agree with the original statement. It's a lot easier to drop in additional kernel modules if you can provide config snippets as well that express what needs expressing to use the modules correctly. Here are some examples: 1) ensure that the quickcam module is loaded with all compatibility options # webcam, quickcam options quickcam compatible=255 2) ensure that the pwc module also loads the pwcx module # webcam, pwc # need -i on both since otherwise pwcx creates a dep loop to pwc install pwc /sbin/modprobe -i pwc; /sbin/modprobe -i pwcx 3) directfb fusion driver: alias char-major-252 fusion 4) making sure that "modprobe lirc" loads the correct backend driver (the file containing these entries would/could be managed by a lirc configuration tool): alias char-major-61 lirc # get rid of serial if it's been loaded pre-install lirc rmmod serial 2> /dev/null; true # load lirc_serial driver (homebrew) alias lirc lirc_serial All the tools that rely on a single configuration file invariably end up having lots of hacks applied to them from various rpm scripts (lilo.conf in the past, grub.conf, apache configs, modules.conf, ...) to edit existing files, hopefully remove old entries and replace them with current ones, failing badly in the process. The easiest solution is for these snippets to be in separate files managed by the package installing them. It might not be a direct concern/need for Red Hat given that all modules are inside the kernel rpm, but there is a Fedora community out there that likes to, and will, install kernel module packages that could benefit from a more modular (haha) approach, which is a direction that Fedora as a project in general seems to want to head into. Thomas Dave/Dina : future TV today ! - http://www.davedina.org/ <-*- thomas (dot) apestaart (dot) org -*-> And marry me baby And sleep with me baby We'll sleep with the lights on And we'll sleep with our clothes on <-*- thomas (at) apestaart (dot) org -*-> URGent, best radio on the net - 24/7 ! - http://urgent.fm/
