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algorythm

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mkinitcpio.conf questions

Hi,

So I got these questions.. well first of all, are these the same thing on this kinda configuration?:

MODULES="ata_piix

HOOKS="sata"

...and then these:

MODULES="ext4"

HOOKS="filesystems"

Also does "lsmod" list all the modules I need on my system by marking the ones I don't need with "0" (as "Used by" count is 0, in which case nothing needs them, in which case they aren't needed )?

- Thanks for all the answerers

Last edited by algorythm (2009-10-17 16:49:03)

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algorythm

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Re: mkinitcpio.conf questions

Ok, well at least "ext4" provides the "filesystems" if I just use ext4.

Last edited by algorythm (2009-10-20 11:09:04)

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Re: mkinitcpio.conf questions

more information about lsmod: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=82216

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algorythm

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Re: mkinitcpio.conf questions

Thanks.

So how about "ata_piix" (maybe "ahci" too(?)) and "sata"?

I'm kinda clueless when it comes to these things.

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algorythm

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Re: mkinitcpio.conf questions

Anybody ^^? Piix seems to stand for "PCI ISA IDE Accelerator" (Intel chipset) so I guess I don't need it as I don't have Intel chipset.

So only "ahci" module is required for sata hd to work, right?

Last edited by algorythm (2009-10-27 18:41:10)

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algorythm

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Re: mkinitcpio.conf questions

Ok, so here's my final (/etc/)mkinitcpio.conf:

MODULES="ahci sd-mod ext4"
BINARIES=""
FILES=""
HOOKS="base"
COMPRESSION="bzip2"

Last edited by algorythm (2009-11-27 15:09:50)

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“If everybody thought alike, no one would be thinking very much.”  — Walter Lippmann (adapted)
“The important thing is to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”  — Charles Dubois