modules.conf and new modtils? (broken?)

[Bill Nottingham]

Matthew Miller (mattdm at mattdm.org) said: 
> I installed the new modutils packages from Arjan's web page as part of an
> attempt to try out 2.6-test on my Vaio U101. The new kernel doesn't work
> very smoothly, but that'll get worked out sooner or later. More alarming,
> though: suddenly, the sonypi driver didn't work under the *old* kernel.
> 
> A bit of investigation shows that when the module loads, the parameters in
> /etc/modules.conf are being ignored -- including the very important one
> which sets the device minor number. GIving the parameters to insmod
> manually works fine. WHat's going on here?

When was the last time it worked?

Bill