Re: driver loaded automatically On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 03:39:38PM +0800, ray wrote:
> I found the driver of my wireless network card is loaded right after the
> system boots up. I checked the /etc/modules and not found that driver. I had
> thought that driver is loaded automatically by discover, so I disabled the
> /etc/rcS.d/S36discover, but the driver is still be loaded automatically
> after booting up. That driver is not used by any other modules. Do any other
> mechanisms exist that cause drivers loaded automatically? Thanks.
The package discover? I don't even have it installed. The kernel has
it's own detection mechanisms and loads modules as needed. If you don't
want to load some of them you need to use a blacklist.
Regards,
Andrei
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