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How Linux modprobe command works and find out path for modules?
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12-17-2008, 11:57 PM
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How Linux modprobe command works and find out path for modules?
Hello,
i am new to linux...can anyone tell me how this "modprobe" works when booting the kernel....how it fetches the modules path? 
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12-19-2008, 04:16 PM
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modprobe looks in the module directory /lib/modules/$(uname -r) for all the modules and other files, except for the optional /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file and /etc/modprobe.d directory.
To print your path try as follows at a shell prompt: Code:
echo /lib/modules/$(uname -r)
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