Now that the option to disable MOD_AUTOLOAD is gone...

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from /etc/rc.conf, i would like to disable it manually.  however, it suggests blacklisting each individual module i do not want to load using modprobe.conf.  this is not what i want. I want to prevent EVERY module from loading except the modules in the array.   i don't want to recompile the kernel with only the modules i need either.  i want to be able to load the modules i rarely use only when i need them.
i think what i need to do is figure out how to write a udev rule that will override the line "DRIVER!="?*", ENV{MODALIAS}=="?*", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -bv $env{MODALIAS}" in /lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules.  I could simply comment this line out, but i would like all the rules in /lib/udev/rules.d to remain untouched as the warning at the top of each file recommends.  I guess my question is, would it be possible to create a rule in /etc/udev/rules.d that will actively override that line from the other set of rules?
Last edited by sinusoid (2011-06-15 06:57:03)

Answer 1

Inxsible wrote:
I want to prevent EVERY module from loading except the modules in the array.
i want to be able to load the modules i rarely use only when i need them.
Why not blacklist modules that you don't want to load and then add the modules that you do want to start in the MODULES array?
as for some modules that you want to load only when you need them, just do a modprobe <module-name>
or am I missing something here?
for some reason, almost no modules that I try to blacklist in modprobe.d ever works.  i do blacklist <modulename>  in a .conf file in the modprobe.d directory and it still gets loaded every time .  i've confirmed that these modules are not loaded by the initramfs either. 
I guess i'll just use an old version of the initscripts for now.