Re: sbp2 serialize_io decided where

Pat LaVarre wrote:
> Did you discover a man page or other document that explains the purpose of
> that directory?
>
> Did you discover when those /etc/modutils/ files have an effect?

The modutils directory is obviously used by scripts or other
utilities that come from some distributors. I never had such a
distribution and don't know which programs use it how and when.

The module-init-tools (including modprobe) as they come from
kernel.org appear not to use this directory themselves. Either
your distro uses modified tools (unlikely) or the modutils
directory is used to update /etc/modules.conf or to generate
parameters for modprobe on the fly.

> I agree I can make serialize_io the default for command line modprobe sbp2
> via a line such as "options sbp2 serialize_io=1" in /etc/modprobe.conf or in
> /etc/modprobe.d/ outside of its arch/. I'm confused only because the default
> during boot apparently differs from the default after boot, and because with
> a Knoppix live CD, by definition I can't edit the /etc/modutils/ before boot.

Search /etc/rc.d, /etc/init.d, /sbin/init.d, /etc/sysconfig, or
the whole /etc for calls of sbp2 or for usages of files in
/etc/modutils.

If you'd like to modify Knoppix, you could e.g. copy the CD to
an image file on harddisk, mount it through a loop device, modify
it, then burn a new CD.

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