still looking for docs on new /etc/modprobe.conf

[Bill Nottingham]

Robert P. J. Day (rpjday at mindspring.com) said: 
>   i'm still curious where to find a decent writeup on the new
> modprobe.conf file.  i just tried running generate-modprobe.conf
> and, this time, it actually ran.
> 
>   from a starting /etc/modules.conf file that was all of seven
> lines long, this utility produced a 1900+ modprobe.conf output.
> yeesh.

2.4 modutils has builtin aliases. 2.6 does not, so they have
to be generated.

> alias pci:v0000125Dd00001988sv*sd*bc04sc01i* snd_maestro3

These are new; they're for matching to pci devices; it says
to match pci vendor id 0x125d, device ice 0x1988, no subvendor
or subdevice, class 04, subclass 1.

> alias usb:v0C52p2862dl*dh*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* ftdi_sio

USB, match vendor 0x0c52, product 0x2862.

> install net-pf-19 /bin/true
> install net-pf-3 /bin/true
> install net-pf-6 /bin/true

The equivalent of 'alias net-pf-6 off'.

>   so ... where does one read up on all of this?

In the modutils source rpm, under module-init-tools, there
are some man pages; a couple of those probably need to be
shipped.

Bill