Re: Confused about modules

From: Adam Aube (aaube01_at_baker.edu)
Date: 09/14/04

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    Robert Parker wrote:

    > I guess a second question is why have 2 commands doing the same thing?

    They don't - modprobe will resolve dependencies; insmod won't. IIRC,
    modprobe uses insmod to actually load the modules.

    Adam 

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