[arch-general] On module blacklisting

[Magnus Therning]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 02:22:56AM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> 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.

Thanks, that's exactly the info I was looking for :-)

/M

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