Zeeshan Ali wrote: > > Hello, > > > kernel can load modules as and when needed. For example, if you have > > compiled the kernel making parport and parport_pc as modules; these modules > > are not loaded at boot time (until configured to load at boot time by > > /etc/modules). Whenever any application needs these modules, kernel loads > > the modules first (using modprobe) and then applications can avail the > > functionality provided by module. > > My question is HOW does it do it. If you had read my question > carefully, then you should have realized that I already know that it > is happening (rather I am seeing it happening) and now i am asking HOW > does it do it. > > -- It uses kmod. Man modprobe and depmod. See modules.conf or moodprobe.conf. Mark -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
