[PATCH] support modules.alias in modprobe

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at anciens.enib.fr
Mon Apr 10 11:54:50 UTC 2006


Ignacio,
All,

Quoting Ignacio García Pérez <iggarpe at terra.es>:
> Currently, modprobe ignores /ib/modules/whatever/modules.alias.
> This breaks loading of some modules in kernel 2.6.16 that have changed
> names and rely on aliases specified in the aforementioned file.

Ah, that would explain why I can't iptable any longer... Nice you mentioned
that in your bug report! :-)

Doas mainstream module-init-tools support that "include" statement?
Yep, it does.

> The attached patch fixes the issue, plus adds include support to
> /etc/modprobe.conf.

That's fine with me. The patch looks plain OK at first sight. Anyone, please
apply.

Regarding /etc/modprobe.conf, it was already supported, no? You don't seem to
have changed anything in this area. It already tries /etc/modprobe.conf, then
/etc/modules.conf, and falls back to /etc/conf.modules. Did I miss something?

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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