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

Chris Ricker kaboom at oobleck.net
Wed Apr 6 14:13:35 UTC 2005


On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:05:19 +0200 Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net> wrote:
> 
> >  Having an init.d only with a modprobe is the wrong design.
> 
> What makes you say that? How is it different from having an
> /etc/modules.d/ivtv? I would say that reflexive, knee-jerk reaction
> "let's add .d" to any problem is a recipe for wrong design which
> produces redundancies. Don't forget that it's easy to introduce
> entities, not so easy to get rid of them.

For whatever it's worth, some other Unixen solve the problem with an 
init.d as well. Solaris is riddled with them....

later,
chris




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