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   pk to Aragorn   
   Re: Delay autoloading of a modules until   
   06 Jan 08 20:59:48   
   
   From: pk@pk.pk   
      
   Aragorn wrote:   
      
   > Mark Hobley wrote:   
   >   
   >> I notice that kernel module autoloading takes place during the sysinit   
   >> initialization stage. I have some kernel modules that I do not wish to   
   >> load until a particular runlevel (in my case runlevel 3) is reached. Is   
   >> there a way to achieve this or do I need to modify the startup scripts?   
   >   
   > The only possibility I see is to add a startup script of your own, to be   
   > run as the last one, in which you use /modprobe/ or eventually /insmod/ to   
   > load the pertaining modules.   
      
   This is what /etc/init.d/local is for. Just put the commands you need   
   in /etc/conf.d/local.start and add local to the default runlevel (rc-update   
   add local default).   
      
   BTW, gentoo runlevels are best referred to using names, not numbers   
   (default, boot, etc.).   
      
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