Proper way to autoload modules (/etc/rc.modules)?

Arjan van de Ven arjanv at redhat.com
Fri Apr 8 12:28:32 UTC 2005


On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 02:20:37PM +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> No, it's not, if you want to replace it with something better.

even "something better" really should be built into the kernel...
(and I'd like to say that I'm sceptical about "something better" :)

> 
> > So please give another, more realistic example....
> 
> You are the kernel guru, never seen any non-hardware modules? ;)
> 
> Choosing netfilter/netscheduling modules also comes to mind ...

netscheduling should be autoloaded on use; eg when you in rules for it...
netfilter.. most of them should be autoloaded on use too...




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