NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       modconf - a module configuration utility

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       modconf	[--source  [floppy|mounted]]  [--target destination] [--libdir
       path]  [--restrict-section   section]*	[--exclude-section   section]*
       [--load-before module]* [--load-only module]* [--load-after module]*

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       modconf	is  a script for installing kernel modules on Linux. It can be
       used interactively (GUI mode) or from the command-line (batch mode).

OPTIONS    [Toc]    [Back]

       The options marked with a "*" below are applied only to one module.  If
       you  want  to apply them to more than one module then repeat the option
       in the command line.

       --source floppy|mounted
	      Indicates where the modules are to be obtained from.  floppy  is
	      used   when  installing  Linux.	mounted  is  used  on  already
	      installed Linux systems. This is the default.

       --target directory
	      specifies where the etc/modules and etc/modules.conf are	to  be
	      found on the system (default: / ). Do not include a trailing "/"
	      after the directory name.

       --libdir path
	      Indicates where the eval and descr.gz files are to be  found  on
	      the  system  (default:  /usr/lib/module_help).  Do not include a
	      trailing "/" after the directory name.

       --restrict-section section*
	      restricts modconf to only work with  the	specified  section  of
	      /lib/modules

       --exclude-section section*
	      force  modconf  to  not  work  with  the	specified  section  of
	      /lib/modules

	      Available sections at the time of this writting are: block cdrom
	      fs  ipv4	ipv6  misc  net  scsi (there may be others if you have
	      installed packages with special modules, like pcmcia-modules).

       --load-before module*
	      indicates a module that will be inserted	before any others.

       --load-only module*
	      specifies a module to be inserted after all those indicated with
	      the --load-before option. Disables interactive mode.

       --load-after module*
	      specifies a module to be inserted after all those indicated with
	      the --load-before option.
	      This option is overriden by the previous one.

EXAMPLES    [Toc]    [Back]

       Examples below are untested

       modconf	--load-only   plip   --load-before   ip_masq_ftp   --load-only
       appletalk

       Inserts modules "ip_masq_ftp", "plip" and "appletalk", in  that	order,
       and
	      does not run the interactive program.

AUTHOR    [Toc]    [Back]

       modconf originally was written by Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.
       Major changes were done by Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>.
       More changes were done by Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>.
       And more by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
       This manpage  was  written  by  Antonio	Vieiro	Varela	<antonio@faraday.usc.es>.

BUGS    [Toc]    [Back]

       None known.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       insmod(1), modprobe(1), depmod(1), lsmod(1), rmmod(1), modules(2), ker-
       neld(8).



4th Berkeley Distribution	 10 March 1998			    MODCONF(8)