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* Include only wired ethernet drivers, explicitly exclude wireless.
@ 2009-06-01 22:42 Warren Togami
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From: Warren Togami @ 2009-06-01 22:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Include only wired ethernet drivers, explicitly exclude wireless.
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+# Include wired net drivers, excluding wireless
+for modname in `find "/lib/modules/$kernel/kernel/drivers" -name 
'*.ko'`; do
+  if nm -uPA $modname | grep -q eth_type_trans; then
+    if echo "$modname" | grep -q wireless; then
+      continue
+    else
+      instmods $modname
+    fi
+  fi
+done

This got rid of the pesky wireless drivers and lots of irrelevant kernel 
modules, but I subsequently discovered that it also no longer pulled in 
sunrpc.ko.  Please keep a lookout for other possible side-effects of 
this change.

Warren Togami
wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org
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