Re: early-gdm redux ( I am sorry my way is better faster... for a desktop )

[Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>]

Jon Nettleton (jon nettleton gmail com) said: 
> > Sure. I just don't see what you gain by replacing a shell script that
> > loads modules... with a different shell script.
> 
> I think the big win with changes like this is consistency.  Right now
> there are 5 differents methods for loading modules on startup.
> 
> 1)  initrd.  Of course this is necessary, but mkinitrd it doesn't
> respect changes made to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.

Really? modprobe --show-depends pulls in things from the blacklist?
Sounds like a bug.

> 3) /etc/rc.modules

Should probably be nuked - it's time for it to go.

> 4) some modules right in /etc/rc.sysinit

Already removed in CVS.

> 5) and the new guy /etc/sysconfig/modules

Not that new. It's 2 1/2 years old.

Bill