still looking for docs on new /etc/modprobe.conf

[Robert P. J. Day]

  i'm still curious where to find a decent writeup on the new
modprobe.conf file.  i just tried running generate-modprobe.conf
and, this time, it actually ran.

  from a starting /etc/modules.conf file that was all of seven
lines long, this utility produced a 1900+ modprobe.conf output.
yeesh.

  and the format of *some* of the lines is definitely like
nothing i've ever seen before.  some samples:

alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout
alias block-major-93 nftl
alias block-major-97 pg
alias irda-dongle-0 tekram
alias pci:v0000125Dd00001988sv*sd*bc04sc01i* snd_maestro3
alias pci:v0000125Dd00001989sv*sd*bc04sc01i* snd_maestro3
alias pci:v0000125Dd00001990sv*sd*bc04sc01i* snd_maestro3
alias pci:v000014D2d00008021sv*sd*bc*sc*i* parport_serial
alias pci:v000014DBd00002110sv*sd*bc*sc*i* parport_serial
alias pci:v000010B5d00009050sv0000D84Dsd00004014bc*sc*i* parport_pc
alias pci:v00001409d00007168sv00001409sd00004078bc*sc*i* parport_pc
alias usb:v0C52p2862dl*dh*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* ftdi_sio
alias usb:v0C52p2872dl*dh*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* ftdi_sio
alias usb:v066Bp2206dl*dh*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* pegasus
alias symbol:ip_conntrack_expect_put ip_conntrack
alias symbol:rpcauth_unregister sunrpc
install net-pf-19 /bin/true
install net-pf-3 /bin/true
install net-pf-6 /bin/true
install ov518_decomp { /sbin/modprobe ov511; }; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ov518_decomp
install scsi_hostadapter /bin/true
install usbmouse /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install usbmouse && { /sbin/modprobe hid; /bin/true; }
install wacom /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wacom && { /sbin/modprobe evdev; /bin/true; }
remove binfmt_misc { /bin/umount /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc > /dev/null 2>&1 || :; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove binfmt_misc
remove hid { /sbin/modprobe -r keybdev; /sbin/modprobe -r mousedev; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove hid
remove ov518_decomp /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove ov518_decomp && { /sbin/modprobe -r ov511; /bin/true; }
remove usbmouse { /sbin/modprobe -r hid; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove usbmouse
remove wacom { /sbin/modprobe -r evdev; }; /sbin/modprobe -r --ignore-remove wacom



  so ... where does one read up on all of this?  and should i have
expected a 1900 line file from the generation utility?

rday