[arch-general] On module blacklisting

Tom Gundersen teg at jklm.no
Fri Jun 10 20:22:56 EDT 2011


Hi Magnus,

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 2:11 AM, Magnus Therning <magnus at therning.org> wrote:
> 1. As I read it, it's only blacklisting that's affected, is that
>   correct?

Correct.

>   So MODULES in rc.conf can in the future only be used to load
>   modules at boot-up.

Correct.

> (Is there even a way to configure modprobe to
>   load modules on boot?)

No (that's why we need to keep this in rc.conf).

> 2. When does this change take effect?
>   Which version of which package will it come with?

The packages were moved to [core] shortly after the announcement was
made. You should have received notifications when installing
initscripts and udev.

Cheers,

Tom


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