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

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 03:34:04AM -0400, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> > the fact that usb currently has a broken resume method doesn't mean that
> > it shouldn't in principle be built into the kernel. 
> > In fact, I suspect that by having a workaround available fewer people
> > report that bug to the USB people resulting in it never getting fixed...
> 
> That's nice, in principle, but in the intervening period a bunch of us
> have non working laptops, or, as is more often the case, don't run the
> kernels that have usb built in and just avoid the issue.

the harder issue is that modular USB breaks other stuff as well (eg keyboard
handover) so it's not as black and white as you state it... others have
broken laptops right now ;)

But you describe a perfect chicken-and-egg situation that only can get
fixed by making a few omelets first ;(