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

[Pete Zaitcev]

On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 09:12:58 +0300 Mircea MITU <mmitu at bitdefender.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 21:27 -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:26:31 +0200 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > what is the recommended way to automatically load some modules upon
> > > bootup?
> > 
> > I am not aware of a reason to want that aside from the special exception
> > of USB (which should be built into kernels, really). Do you have an
> > example in mind?
> 
> lm_sensors and lirc* modules

I cannot comment on lirc, but lm_sensors do not need to be loaded early.
They come up just fine from a normal startup script in /etc/init.d.
Thus, it's not an argument for /etc/rc.modules.

-- Pete