On 05/21/2014 01:56 PM, Alexander Kapshuk wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation.

> Just to double check I understood it correctly, there's no need to put
> the list of kernel modules into /etc/conf.d/modules any longer, because
> udev is aware of the modules that have been built and will load them by
> consulting /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias. Is that correct?

> Thanks.



You only need to list the modules in /etc/conf.d/modules (for OpenRC) or
/etc/modules-load.d/*.conf (for systemd) if they would not otherwise be
loaded.  Just about any module that provides a driver for hardware that
can be autodetected (that is, PCI, USB, etc.) will be auto-loaded by
udev.  Modules used to provide filters, etc. for iptables are autoloaded
by iptables itself as needed.  Some modules do not have anything that
would cause them to be autoloaded (such as the vbox-* modules from
VirtualBox), in which case you *would* need to explicitly load them.