# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| kernel-modules: kernel-modules (single CPU Linux kernel modules) kernel-modules: kernel-modules: A kernel module is a piece of object code that can be dynamically kernel-modules: loaded into the Linux kernel to provide new kernel functions. Most of kernel-modules: these modules provide support for devices such as CD-ROM drives, tape kernel-modules: drives, and ethernet cards. You can choose which modules to load by kernel-modules: editing /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. kernel-modules: kernel-modules: kernel-modules: kernel-modules: