[CentOS] modules.conf changes in kernel 2.6

Karanbir Singh Mail-Lists at karan.org
Thu Jul 28 21:27:38 UTC 2005


Robin Mordasiewicz wrote:
> I used to be able to modify my modules.conf file so that certain NIC
> cards would load specific drivers.
> 
> Has this changed in kernel 2.6
> 
> i.e.
> <snip /etc/modules.conf>
> 
> alias eth0 e100
> alias eth1 e1000
> 
> </snip>
> 
> It used to be that I could reverse this order and eth0 would be the GigE
> card.

on CentOS 4 you need to look at the /etc/modprobe.conf file, there is no
 /etc/modules.conf

Always a good idea to look at the docs....

http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/rhel-sag-en-4/ch-kernel-modules.html

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