On Wed, Dec 20, 2006 at 10:03:09PM -0600, Kevin Lombardo wrote:
> I have a few quick questions about device drivers. I am using Debian Etch:
>
> 1. Is there a way to tell which device drivers have been compiled in
> to a pre-built kernel?
Look in /boot/config-`uname -r`
> 2. I see a file called /etc/modules, and there are 4 entries in it:
>
> ide-cd
> ide-disk
> ide-generic
> psmouse
>
> Are these simply modular drivers? And are they in this file because
> the kernel *always* loads them, rather than relying on any kind of
> autodetect?
Correct.
> 3. How does the kernel know which other drivers to load? Is it just
> autodetect or is there a configuration file?
Both. For extra configuration files look in /etc/modutils/ .
> 4. If I have a modular driver for an ide disk, and then try booting a
> kernel with an ide driver compiled with it, which driver will be used,
> the compiled in or the modular?
Compiled.
florin
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