Upstart questions.

[Josef Wolf]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 10:35:11PM +1000, Peter Garrett wrote:

Thanks for your answer, Peter!

> Josef Wolf <jw at raven.inka.de> wrote:
> [snip]
> >  - To make sure my server can run properly, I need to make sure a
> > >   specific module is loaded.  Currently, I "modprobe mymodule" in
> > >   /etc/init.d/boot.local. 
> 
> I can't say that I follow all of the issues in your post - but the usual
> way to ensure that modules are loaded on boot would be to place them in 
> /etc/modules , on a line of their own ( just the module name, not a
> modprobe command).

Yes, this is the traditional method.  But AFAIK upstart was invented to
reorganize the boot process.  Thus it should make sure required modules
are loaded before starting services that depend on specific modules.
I am still confused about all the consequences of the upstart changes.
How do I define this dependency?