# 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------------------------------------------------------| modutils: modutils (kernel module utilities) modutils: modutils: Utilities to use kernel modules. These tools are used for loading modutils: and unloading chunks of kernel code on the fly, to add support for a modutils: CD-ROM drive or ethernet card, for instance. modutils: modutils: Many Linux drivers are provided as kernel modules, and some packages modutils: (like the PCMCIA package) require the module utilities to work, so you modutils: probably want to install these. modutils: modutils: