Re: loading of Ethernet and mac80211 driver on boot

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On Fri, 2008-09-19 at 22:23 +0530, "G" wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I have the mac80211 and my ethernet driver being loaded. I want to
> know where exactly is the modprobe of the wireless module being done.
> The modprobe.conf file does not have any alias too. And even if it has
> an alias, I would like to know at what point of time, does linux read
> modprobe.conf. I looked at /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit and couldnt find it in
> that file either. It would be really helpful if someone could throw
> some light on this topic.

As far as modprobe.conf goes, it depends on the distro. OTOH, udev could
be loading the module for you.

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