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.TH MODCONF 8 "10 March 1998" Linux "Debian Module Support"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
modconf \- a module configuration utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B modconf
[--source [floppy|mounted]]
[--target destination]
[--libdir path]
[--restrict-section section]*
[--exclude-section section]*
[--load-before module]*
[--load-only module]*
[--load-after module]*
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I modconf
is a script for installing kernel modules on Linux. It can be used
interactively (GUI mode) or from the command-line (batch mode).
.SH OPTIONS
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.
.TP
.I \--source floppy|mounted
Indicates where the modules are to be
obtained from. \fBfloppy\fR is used when installing Linux.
\fBmounted\fR is used on already installed Linux systems. This is
the default.
.TP
.I --target directory
specifies where the
.I etc/modules
and
.I etc/modules.conf
are to be found on the system (default: / ). Do not include a trailing
"/" after the directory name.
.TP
.I \--libdir path
Indicates where the
.I eval
and
.I descr.gz
files are to be found on the system (default: /usr/lib/module_help).
Do not include a trailing "/" after the directory name.
.TP
.I \--restrict-section section*
restricts \fBmodconf\fR to only work with the specified section of
.I /lib/modules
.TP
.I \--exclude-section section*
force \fBmodconf\fR to not work with the specified section of
.I /lib/modules
.br
Available sections at the time of this writting are:
.B block
.B cdrom
.B fs
.B ipv4
.B ipv6
.B misc
.B net
.B scsi
(there may be others if you have installed packages with special modules,
like pcmcia-modules).
.TP
.I \--load-before module*
indicates a module that will be
inserted \fBbefore\fR any others.
.TP
.I \--load-only module*
specifies a \fBmodule\fR to be inserted after all
those indicated with the \fB--load-before\fR option. Disables
interactive mode.
.TP
.I \--load-after module*
specifies a \fBmodule\fR to be inserted after all
those indicated with the \fB--load-before\fR option.
.br
This option is
.B overriden
by the previous one.
.SH EXAMPLES
.PP
Examples below are \fBuntested\fR
.TP
modconf --load-only plip --load-before ip_masq_ftp --load-only appletalk
.TP
Inserts modules "ip_masq_ftp", "plip" and "appletalk", in that order, and
does not run the interactive program.
.SH AUTHOR
.B modconf
originally was written by Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.
.br
Major changes were done by Sven Rudolph <sr1@inf.tu-dresden.de>.
.br
More changes were done by Enrique Zanardi <ezanardi@ull.es>.
.br
This manpage was written by Antonio Vieiro Varela
<antonio@faraday.usc.es>.
.SH BUGS
None known.
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBinsmod\fP(1), \fBmodprobe\fP(1), \fBdepmod\fP(1), \fBlsmod\fP(1),
\fBrmmod\fP(1), \fBmodules\fP(2), \fBkerneld\fP(8).
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