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 writing 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 overridden 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@pixar.com>.
Major changes were done by Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>.
More changes were done by Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>.
And more by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
This manpage was written by Antonio Vieiro Varela
<antonio@faraday.usc.es>.
BUGS
None known.
SEE ALSO
insmod(1), modprobe(1), depmod(1), lsmod(1), rmmod(1), modules(2),
kerneld(8).