From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2761386C9 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0B40D21C050; Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ia0-f172.google.com (mail-ia0-f172.google.com [209.85.210.172]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 610F221C015 for ; Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ia0-f172.google.com with SMTP id u8so2664943iag.31 for ; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:24:19 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=LKRuZyKbIHKELS+ulGkMoML5ULeqaihhmqgRd0HxOTY=; b=wSJ+aRU4+Hmq+k5bEVHjaH9C0uTs9zByEWf5navqR9HfWc1asOjvOfoMdAWp3w4pyF aSK56hFOugdRIX/T2bkXt+oOqe1pCT9AsnbTjVnXW3Oc5knAHAZQAXuYRuyoMLmgEKN7 y6usCJ9L3RrdMcpl7uQO3X64hra2pRSwRglmpOyHoYlAYu+m7SNzinwRSdCB+PM+QgTz pzxWOo5XVUgfJNAk9GNjDNLGn/Tu4wzE1Y5y/VfqdtfxMvObgDHnkBOv2AiPXukOeE/M wz5dFmQ1Cp9D6KvFCfUq0Q33d/G7Dvvfz05eOOAYxBDPJgUZ91EUJ9xlZTxaxU9sFOnK Rg3g== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.187.197 with SMTP id fu5mr2005511igc.95.1359253459507; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:24:19 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.64.25.111 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:24:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <5104719B.3090201@binarywings.net> References: <5104719B.3090201@binarywings.net> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:24:19 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] udev-197 USE=kmod From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 2c9a7f58-46d3-4102-96bd-4eaa11a63e4d X-Archives-Hash: 0c30f51694a738a00002abb511550bbd On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Florian Philipp wr= ote: > Hi list! > > Quick question: If I deactivate the kmod use flag in udev and keep > sys-apps/module-init-tools, does udev still load modules or is kmod a > required flag for that? I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think so. The git repository has not a single instance of the strings "modprobe" or "insmod", apparently the only way to load modules in udev is to use kmod. I think the kmod configure option (which is the one the USE flag activate/deactivate), is for systems where all the modules are built-in, like embedded ones. Unless udev has no other means to load modules, I think disabling kmod assumes then that all the modules are built-in. And if you use modules, may I ask why you would prefer module-init-tools over kmod? Specially when the later is a drop-in, better supported replacement? Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico