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slight update of the module usage documentation
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@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ Managing Modules
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The hardcore way is to insmod each of them by hand. This is not very
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practical, though. It is better to install them in a subdirectory that
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modprobe examines. /lib/modules/current/extra/misc comes to mind.
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modprobe examines. /lib/modules/current/extra/misc comes to mind, or
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perhaps /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/misc (depending on your distribution).
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You need to add this path to your /etc/modules.conf (or /etc/conf.modules,
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which file is used depends on your distribution):
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(modules-2.0.0):
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(modules-2.0.0, modutils-2.3.x):
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path[misc]=/lib/modules/current/extra/misc
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(modutils-2.1.x):
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path=/lib/modules/current/extra
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Do always a 'depmod -a' after changing either your configuration file or
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Do always a `depmod -a' after changing either your configuration file or
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changing a module in one of the module directories; you also need to do
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a 'killall -HUP kerneld' if you still use kerneld (kernel 2.2.x usually
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uses kmod).
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uses kmod); this command is probably not even needed for kerneld, so
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don't worry about it too much).
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Now you can do 'modprobe lm78', and all dependent modules are loaded
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automatically. You could, of course, add this statement (and related
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@@ -36,5 +38,3 @@ as follows:
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With the above, the managing of all those modules is suddenly no problem
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at all!
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