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From: Rusty Russell <rusty@ozlabs.org>
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On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:17:02 +0200, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> * module-init-tools: provide a proper libmodprobe.so from
> module-init-tools:
> Early boot tools, installers, driver install disks want to access
> information about available modules to optimize bootup handling.

That's a bit too vague for my limited experience and/or lack of
imagination: what exactly do they want?  And why?

Thanks,
Rusty.