unnecessary modules

[k6h]

/etc/modprobe.preload

 

# /etc/modprobe.preload: kernel modules to load at boot time.

#

# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are

# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with

# a `#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.

# this file is for module-init-tools (kernel 2.5 and above) ONLY

# for old kernel use /etc/modules

 

nvidia-agp

8250_pci

8250

epca

esp

isicom

istallion

moxa

mxser

stallion

sx

synclink

synclinkmp

nvidia (this module was added manually later after installing nvidia drivers)

 

I don't know nothing about them, nevertheless I decided to comment out most of them to speed up boot process (and I succeeded)

 

#8250_pci

#8250

#epca

#esp

#isicom

#istallion

#moxa

#mxser

#stallion

#sx

#synclink

#synclinkmp

 

Does anyone know why they are there ?

 

[moved from Installing Mandrake by spinynorman]

[Qchem]

You should look in /usr/src/linux/Documentation to find what the various modules do, e.g. a quick grep suggests that 8250 is for the serial port.

[adamw]

Yeah. As I understand it, they're modules for common hardware which cannot be autoprobed and which involve no risk if they're loaded on a system which doesn't contain that hardware.