On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:05:19 +0200 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Having an init.d only with a modprobe is the wrong design. > > What makes you say that? How is it different from having an > /etc/modules.d/ivtv? I would say that reflexive, knee-jerk reaction > "let's add .d" to any problem is a recipe for wrong design which > produces redundancies. Don't forget that it's easy to introduce > entities, not so easy to get rid of them. For whatever it's worth, some other Unixen solve the problem with an init.d as well. Solaris is riddled with them.... later, chris
