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Modprobe
modprobe is a Linux program that provides for loading a loadable kernel module into a Linux kernel, unloading a loaded module, and many other related features. It provides the ability to make decisions about which modules to load, awareness of module dependencies, so that when requested to load a module, it adds other required modules first, and resolution of recursive module dependencies. It is commonly used indirectly. For example, udev relies upon modprobe to load drivers for automatically detected hardware. Modprobe was originally written by Rusty Russell and is distributed as part of the software package "kmod" (maintained by Lucas De Marchi and others). It was previously developed as: * "module-init-tools", for Linux kernel version 2.6 and later (maintained by Jon Masters and others) * "modutils" for use with Linux versions 2.2.x and 2.4.x. .
Article summary
modprobe is a Linux program that provides for loading a loadable kernel module into a Linux kernel, unloading a loaded module, and many other related features. It provides the ability to make decisions about which modules to load, awareness of module dependencies, so that when requested to load a module, it adds other required modules first, and resolution of recursive module dependencies. It is commonly used indirectly. For example, udev relies upon modprobe to load drivers for automatically detected hardware. Modprobe was originally written by Rusty Russell and is distributed as part of the software package "kmod" (maintained by Lucas De Marchi and others). It was previously developed as: * "module-init-tools", for Linux kernel version 2.6 and later (maintained by Jon Masters and others) * "modutils" for use with Linux versions 2.2.x and 2.4.x. .
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- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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