Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

[marcopl]

Guys, what is the difference between these two facilities?

they both allow you to load modules right? is modprobe the future and modules deprecated?

[lmilano]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

We are getting pretty deep in Kubuntu pretty quickly

One is to force modules to load, the other for modules configuration

[Alt][F2]man:modprobe
[Alt][F2]man:modules

Teach a man to fish ... 8)

Cheers!

[lmilano]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

There is also the blacklisting to load modules _not_ to load, but all of this is automagically worked out by Kubuntu for you (and you only mess around in the very odd bug fix)

[GreyGeek]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

Guys, what is the difference between these two facilities?
...

Whoops!

There are some pretty sharp gals on this forum, too!

[lmilano]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

That goes without saying , but also marcopl has always been the nicest person, and I am sure the intention was to refer to both male and female folks in the forum:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guys
http://guys.askdefine.com/

[Qqmike]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

Also here @ Kubuntu, somewhere, where we had such a discussion.
My bottom line, basically, colloquially,
guys = male + female
within a shared context.

[marcopl]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

That goes without saying , but also marcopl has always been the nicest person, and I am sure the intention was to refer to both male and female folks in the forum:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guys
http://guys.askdefine.com/

yes i always took it that guys included gals as welll.... but there are girls using kubuntu....now i m interested ..

very few gals use linux....

[marcopl]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

We are getting pretty deep in Kubuntu pretty quickly

One is to force modules to load, the other for modules configuration

[Alt][F2]man:modprobe
[Alt][F2]man:modules

Teach a man to fish ... 8)

Cheers!

Would it be advisable to modprobe somemoduleordriver in the rc.local file ( thats what i did for my wireless driver ) or better to put it in modules? pros and cons? performance issues?

[lmilano]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

Would it be advisable to modprobe somemoduleordriver in the rc.local file ( thats what i did for my wireless driver ) or better to put it in modules? pros and cons? performance issues?

I think modules. Because it is intended exactly for that purpose. And there might be some logic somewhere (kernel level?) reading that file at the right time, maybe checking for modules interdependencies, etc. Using rc.local is clearly a hack, I wouldn't recommend it ...

[marcopl]

Re: Difference between /etc/modprobe and /etc/modules

ok. will do so.

thanx bro.