Re: auto modules

[Steven Pritchard <steve@silug.org>]

On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 12:31:22PM -0600, Danny Sauer wrote:
> On a redhat (7.2, specifically) system, how do I tell the system to
> load a module for the NIC on bootup?  I can put the modprobe line in
> an initscript that loads early on, or modify the network script, but
> is there a "proper" place to put that info?

Is there any particular reason that the module shouldn't just be
loaded when the interface is ifconfig'd up?  That's how it usually
works...

If you really need it early, you probably should add it to the initrd.
(Run mkinitrd with the appropriate --with=module option.)

Steve
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