Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:57:36 +0100 | From | Takashi Iwai <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Remove references to /etc/modprobe.conf |
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At Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:51:46 -0300, Lucas De Marchi wrote: > > Hi Takahashi, > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de> wrote: > > At Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:41:16 -0300, > > Lucas De Marchi wrote: > >> > >> Usage of /etc/modprobe.conf file was deprecated by module-init-tools and > >> is no longer parsed by new kmod tool. References to this file are > >> replaced in Documentation, comments and Kconfig according to the > >> context. > >> > >> There are also some references to the old /etc/modules.conf from 2.4 > >> kernels that are being removed. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi <lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi> > > > > It's nice to correct the document, but the change like > > > > - /etc/modprobe.conf to ensure that the aoe module is loaded when > > + /etc/modprobe.d/aoe.conf to ensure that the aoe module is loaded when > > > > might be misleading since it looks as if the fixed config file name > > must be used. > > What text do you prefer here? I used a mix of them throughout the > patch. Generally when text said it was giving an example I used a > fixed filename. Otherwise I used "/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf" or "a > configuration file in /etc/modprobe.d/"
I think better to stick with an ambiguous name like the last two above. OK, in the case of aoe.conf, you have a script, so it should be fine. But floppy.conf, i810fb.conf, etc, are replaced from the generic modprobe.conf by no particular reason. This is what I'm concerned.
> > Also, the config file name should be with a number prefix. At least, > > it's recommended so in the recent distros to determine the loading > > order. However, which number to be used depends on pretty much on the > > distribution. > > > > So, from both points, it'd be better to mention that it's an example > > file name. > > Could you rephrase my change so I include it in a v2 patch?
If the file name isn't specified, I don't think you need to worry about it.
thanks,
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