Why are these drivers being loaded?

[shrek-m at gmx.de]

Jason Cortezzo wrote:

> /sbin/kmodule output is...
>
> NETWORK forcedeth
> AUDIO snd-intel8x0
> AUDIO nvsound
> USB ohci-hcd
> USB ohci-hcd
>
> So, I guess this means udev is loading the forcedeth driver?  How do I 
> make it stop?  I can't find any references to "forcedeth" in /etc/udev.


kudzu ?

# grep -4 force /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
class: NETWORK
bus: PCI
detached: 0
device: eth1
driver: forcedeth
desc: "nVidia Corporation nForce Ethernet Controller"
network.hwaddr: 00:10:DC:xx:xx:xx
vendorId: 10de
deviceId: 01c3

> Jason Cortezzo wrote:
>
>> This is more of a curiosity question than a problem...
>>
>> I did a fresh FC3 install on an nforce system.  The eth0 driver was 
>> "forcedeth".  I downloaded the NVidia "nvnet" driver and installed it.
>> Everything is working fine, BUT when I do a 'lsmod', I still see the 
>> "forcedeth" module (even after reboot).  I can "rmmod" the module 
>> without any problems.  "forcedeth" isn't in my modprobe.conf or 
>> modprobe.conf.dist files.
>

clean install FC3

# grep force /etc/modprobe.conf
alias eth1 forcedeth

what is wrong with the forcedeath-driver?
you prefer to install the nvnet-driver over and over again ?
eg. kernel-updates.

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shrek-m