Hi there,

Anyone know what's behind this Changelog entry?

a/module-init-tools-3.2.2-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to module-init-tools-3.2.2.
This new version of module-init-tools has been patched to look for module
configuration information in /etc/modprobe.conf only for 2.4.x kernels.
For 2.6.x kernels, files found in the directory /etc/modprobe.d/ are used
instead. Eventually, /etc/modprobe.conf will be phased out in favor of
the /etc/modprobe.d/ approach. If you have anything in your
/etc/modprobe.conf that you need, and you are using a 2.6.x kernel, be sure
to copy the configuration to a file (or files) in /etc/modprobe.d/.
Hint: ALSA expects sound modules to be configured in /etc/modprobe.d/sound.

2.4.x kernels use /etc/modules.conf, whay change that?

Grant.
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Memory fault -- brain fried

It looks like an error in the ChangeLog to me.

For 2.4.x kernels, a separate binaries are used anyway, and from what I
see those are not patched at all.

On 29 Mar 2006 05:14:32 -0800, "Damjan" <gdamjan@gmail.com> wrote:

>It looks like an error in the ChangeLog to me.
>
>For 2.4.x kernels, a separate binaries are used anyway, and from what I
>see those are not patched at all.

I'm still waiting for the source to dribble in (local rsync mirror)
so I can see the 'patch' referred to. Got the source, no mention
of modules.conf... So it is 2.6 + modprobe.conf only. Basically
the patch puts /etc/modprobe.d/ ahead of /etc/modprobe.conf:

--- ./modprobe.c.orig 2005-12-01 17:42:09.000000000 -0600
+++ ./modprobe.c 2006-03-16 19:12:39.000000000 -0600
@@ -1211,8 +1211,8 @@

static const char *default_configs[] =
{
- "/etc/modprobe.conf",
"/etc/modprobe.d",
+ "/etc/modprobe.conf",
};

So yeah, looks like a typo in the Changelog when it refer to 2.4.X

Grant.
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Memory fault -- brain fried