Changeset cdd87ad for chapter08

Timestamp:

01/11/2013 07:12:41 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

d79d189e

Parents:

86b1ebc

Message:

Revised explanation for /etc/modprobe.conf.

Update udev-lfs init-net-rules.sh script for "en*" devices
introduced in systemd-197

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10094 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter08/kernel.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/kernel.xml

@@ -197 +197 @@
     </indexterm>
 
-    <para>The <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> file needs to be
-    created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd) have
-    been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct order; ehci_hcd
-    needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order to avoid a
-    warning being output at boot time.</para>
+    <para>Most of the time Linux modules are loaded automatically, but
+    sometimes it needs some specific direction.  The program that loads
+    modules, <command>modprobe</command> or <command>insmod</command>, uses
+    <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> for this purpose.  This file
+    needs to be created so that if the USB drivers (ehci_hcd, ohci_hcd and
+    uhci_hcd) have been built as modules, they will be loaded in the correct
+    order; ehci_hcd needs to be loaded prior to ohci_hcd and uhci_hcd in order
+    to avoid a warning being output at boot time.</para>
 
     <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/modprobe.d/usb.conf</filename> by running