NAME
modconf − a module configuration utility
SYNOPSIS
modconf [--source [floppy|mounted]] [--target destination] [--libdir path] [--restrict-section section]* [--exclude-section section]* [--load-before module]* [--load-only module]* [--load-after module]*
DESCRIPTION
modconf is a script for installing kernel modules on Linux. It can be used interactively (GUI mode) or from the command-line (batch mode).
OPTIONS
The options
marked with a "*" below are applied only to one
module. If you want to apply them to more than one module
then repeat the option in the command line.
−-source floppy|mounted
Indicates where the modules are to be obtained from. floppy is used when installing Linux. mounted is used on already installed Linux systems. This is the default.
--target directory
specifies where the etc/modules and etc/modules.conf are to be found on the system (default: / ). Do not include a trailing "/" after the directory name.
−-libdir path
Indicates where the eval and descr.gz files are to be found on the system (default: /usr/share/modconf). Do not include a trailing "/" after the directory name.
−-restrict-section section*
restricts modconf to only work with the specified section of /lib/modules
−-exclude-section section*
force modconf to not work with the specified section of /lib/modules
Available sections at the time of this writting are: block cdrom fs ipv4 ipv6 misc net scsi (there may be others if you have installed packages with special modules, like pcmcia-modules).
−-load-before module*
indicates a module that will be inserted before any others.
−-load-only module*
specifies a module to be inserted after all those indicated with the --load-before option. Disables interactive mode.
−-load-after module*
specifies a module to be
inserted after all those indicated with the
--load-before option.
This option is overriden by the previous one.
EXAMPLES
Examples below
are untested
modconf --load-only plip --load-before ip_masq_ftp
--load-only
appletalk
Inserts modules "ip_masq_ftp", "plip"
and "appletalk", in that order,
and
does not run the interactive program.
AUTHOR
modconf
originally was written by Bruce Perens
<bruce [AT] pixar.com>.
Major changes were done by Sven Rudolph
<sr1 [AT] inf.de>.
More changes were done by Enrique Zanardi
<ezanardi [AT] ull.es>.
And more by Randolph Chung <tausq [AT] debian.org>
This manpage was written by Antonio Vieiro Varela
<antonio [AT] faraday.es>.
BUGS
None known.
SEE ALSO
insmod(1), modprobe(1), depmod(1), lsmod(1), rmmod(1), modules(2), kerneld(8).