diff --git a/package/base/devfsd/devfsd.conf.data b/package/base/devfsd/devfsd.conf.data
index 35f917e6b..43620238c 100644
--- a/package/base/devfsd/devfsd.conf.data
+++ b/package/base/devfsd/devfsd.conf.data
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@
 # 
 # man 8 devfsd
 #
-# The argument of the REGISTER directive is a regular expression where the
-# argument of LOOKUP seems to be a normal UNIX-wildcard. So you need a dot in
-# "REGISTER xyz/.*" to NOT change the xyz directory's permission!
+# The arguments of the directives are regular expression.
 
 # enable old compatibility links ...
 # REGISTER .* MKOLDCOMPAT
diff --git a/package/base/devfsd/linux-2.6.patch b/package/base/devfsd/linux-2.6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26ffc7621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/devfsd/linux-2.6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+--- devfsd/check_kernel.c.kernel25	2003-06-02 22:17:21.000000000 +0400
++++ devfsd/check_kernel.c	2003-06-02 22:17:43.000000000 +0400
+@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
++#include <sys/types.h>
++#include <stdio.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
++#include <errno.h>
++#include <asm/unistd.h>
++
++extern char *modules_devfs;
++
++/* copied over from module-init-tools backward_compat.c */
++#ifndef __ia64 /* breaks ia64. */
++static _syscall2(long, create_module, const char *, name, size_t, size);
++#else
++#define create_module(name, size) \
++        syscall(__NR_create_module, (name), (size))
++#endif
++
++void check_kernel_version (int verbose)
++{
++	int k26 = 1;
++
++	errno = 0;
++	if (create_module(NULL, 0) >= 0 | errno != ENOSYS) {
++		modules_devfs = "/etc/modules.devfs";
++		k26 = 0;
++	}
++
++	if (verbose)
++		fprintf (stderr, "devfsd: kernel %s detected, using %s for MODLOAD\n",
++			  k26 ? "2.6" : "2.4", modules_devfs);
++}
+--- devfsd/devfsd.c.kernel25	2003-06-02 22:17:21.000000000 +0400
++++ devfsd/devfsd.c	2003-06-02 22:17:21.000000000 +0400
+@@ -396,10 +396,14 @@ EXTERN_FUNCTION (flag st_expr_expand,
+ EXTERN_FUNCTION (const char *get_old_name,
+ 		 (const char *devname, unsigned int namelen,
+ 		  char *buffer, unsigned int major, unsigned int minor) );
+-
++EXTERN_FUNCTION (void check_kernel_version,
++		 (int) );
+ 
+ /*  Public data  */
+ flag syslog_is_open = FALSE;
++/* set to new style, runtime test might override it later */
++char *modules_devfs = "/etc/modprobe.devfs";
++
+ 
+ 
+ /*  Public functions  */
+@@ -508,7 +512,6 @@ static struct event_type
+     {0xffffffff,                 NULL,         NULL}
+ };
+ 
+-
+ /*  Public functions follow  */
+ 
+ int main (int argc, char **argv)
+@@ -652,6 +655,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
+     /*  Set umask so that mknod(2), open(2) and mkdir(2) have complete control
+ 	over permissions  */
+     umask (0);
++    check_kernel_version (trace_level);
+     read_config (CONFIG_FILE, FALSE, &event_mask);
+     /*  Do the scan before forking, so that boot scripts see the finished
+ 	product  */
+@@ -1243,7 +1247,7 @@ static void action_modload (const struct
+     argv[0] = "/sbin/modprobe";
+     argv[1] = "-k";
+     argv[2] = "-C";
+-    argv[3] = "/etc/modules.devfs";
++    argv[3] = modules_devfs;
+     argv[4] = device;
+     argv[5] = NULL;
+     snprintf (device, sizeof (device), "/dev/%s", info->devname);
+--- devfsd/GNUmakefile.kernel25	2002-02-19 09:06:43.000000000 +0300
++++ devfsd/GNUmakefile	2003-06-02 22:17:21.000000000 +0400
+@@ -18,13 +18,16 @@ endif
+ all:	devfsd rpm.spec
+ 
+ 
+-OBJECTS = devfsd.o expression.o compat_name.o
++OBJECTS = devfsd.o expression.o compat_name.o check_kernel.o
+ 
+ CFLAGS = -O2 -I. -I$(KERNEL_DIR)/include -Wall $(CEXTRAS) $(DEFINES)
+ 
+ devfsd:	$(OBJECTS)
+ 	$(CC) -O2 -o devfsd $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) -export-dynamic -ldl
+ 
++check_kernel.o: check_kernel.c
++	$(CC) -O2 -c $<
++
+ install: devfsd
+ 	@if fgrep -q "Generic section: do not change" /etc/modules.conf ; then\
+ 		echo "First remove the generic devfs entries from /etc/modules.conf"; exit 1; \
diff --git a/package/base/module-init-tools/modprobe.conf.data b/package/base/module-init-tools/modprobe.conf.data
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f871f42c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/module-init-tools/modprobe.conf.data
@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+#
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# 
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# Please add additional copyright information _after_ the line containing
+# the ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END tag. Otherwise it might get removed by
+# the ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch script. Do not edit this copyright text!
+# 
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/base/modutils/modules.conf.data
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
+# 
+# Many people helped and are helping developing ROCK Linux. Please
+# have a look at http://www.rocklinux.org/ and the Documentation/TEAM
+# file for details.
+# 
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+#
+# See 'man 5 modprobe.conf' for details.
+
+# Host specific aliases
+
+alias eth0			your-card # 3c59x, sis900, ne ...
+alias scsi-hosts		ide-scsi # aic7xxx, sym53c8xx
+
+#alias parport_lowlevel	parport_pc
+#options	parport_pc	io=0x378 irq=auto
+
+#alias /dev/usb/lp0		printer
+
+alias /dev/snd			snd-card-0 snd-card-1
+alias /dev/snd/*		/dev/snd
+alias /dev/sound/audio /dev/sound/dsp /dev/sound/mixer sound-slot-0
+
+alias sound-slot-0		snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-oss
+alias /dev/sound/*		sound-slot-0
+
+#alias /dev/v4l			bttv
+#options	bttv		card=39 tuner=5
+
+#alias /dev/input/js0		joydev pcigame analog
+#alias lm_sensors		i2c-isa w83781d via686a
+
+#alias snd-card-0		snd-trident
+#alias snd-card-1		snd-ice1712
+
+# ALSA default setup
+alias char-major-116-* snd
+alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
+alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
+alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
+alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
+alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
+alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss
+alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss
+alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss
+alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss
+
+# Generic aliases
+alias /dev/loop	loop
+alias ppp		ppp_generic
+
+alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout
+alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout
+alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout
+alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout
+alias binfmt-387 binfmt_aout
+alias binfmt-332 iBCS
+alias binfmt--310 binfmt_java
+alias block-major-1-* rd
+alias block-major-2-* floppy
+alias block-major-3-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-7-* loop
+alias block-major-8-* sd_mod
+alias block-major-9-* md
+alias block-major-11-* sr_mod
+alias block-major-13-* xd
+alias block-major-15-* cdu31a
+alias block-major-16-* gscd
+alias block-major-17-* optcd
+alias block-major-18-* sjcd
+alias block-major-20-* mcdx
+alias block-major-22-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-23-* mcd
+alias block-major-24-* sonycd535
+alias block-major-25-* sbpcd
+alias block-major-26-* sbpcd
+alias block-major-27-* sbpcd
+alias block-major-29-* aztcd
+alias block-major-32-* cm206
+alias block-major-33-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-34-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-37-* ide-tape
+alias block-major-44-* ftl
+alias block-major-46-* pcd
+alias block-major-47-* pf
+alias block-major-56-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-57-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-58-* lvm-mod
+alias block-major-88-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-89-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-90-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-91-* ide-probe-mod
+alias block-major-93-* nftl
+alias block-major-97-* pg
+alias block-major-113-* viocd
+alias char-major-4-* serial
+alias char-major-5-* serial
+alias char-major-6-* lp
+alias char-major-9-* st
+alias char-major-10-0 busmouse
+alias char-major-10-2 msbusmouse
+alias char-major-10-3 atixlmouse
+alias char-major-10-130 wdt
+alias char-major-10-131 wdt
+alias char-major-10-139 openprom
+alias char-major-10-144 nvram
+alias char-major-10-157 applicom
+alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
+alias char-major-10-184 microcode
+alias char-major-10-200 tun
+alias char-major-10-250 hci_vhci
+alias char-major-13-* analog
+alias char-major-13-0 joydev
+alias char-major-13-32 mousedev
+alias char-major-14-* soundcore
+alias char-major-19-* cyclades
+alias char-major-20-* cyclades
+alias char-major-21-* sg
+alias char-major-22-* pcxx
+alias char-major-23-* pcxx
+alias char-major-27-* ftape
+alias char-major-34-* scc
+alias char-major-35-* tclmidi
+alias char-major-36-* netlink
+alias char-major-37-* ide-tape
+alias char-major-48-* riscom8
+alias char-major-49-* riscom8
+alias char-major-57-* esp
+alias char-major-58-* esp
+alias char-major-63-* kdebug
+alias char-major-90-* mtdchar
+alias char-major-96-* pt
+alias char-major-99-* ppdev
+alias char-major-107-* 3dfx
+alias char-major-108-* ppp_generic
+alias char-major-109-* lvm-mod
+alias char-major-161-* ircomm-tty
+alias char-major-171-* raw1394
+alias char-major-195-* NVdriver
+alias char-major-200-* vxspec
+alias char-major-206-* osst
+alias char-major-216-* rfcomm
+alias dos msdos
+alias dummy0 dummy
+alias dummy1 dummy
+alias eth0 your-card
+alias iso9660 isofs
+alias md-personality-1 linear
+alias md-personality-2 raid0
+alias md-personality-3 raid1
+alias md-personality-4 raid5
+alias md-personality-7 multipath
+alias net-pf-1 unix
+alias net-pf-2 ipv4
+alias net-pf-4 ipx
+alias net-pf-5 appletalk
+alias net-pf-10 ipv6
+alias net-pf-15 af_key
+alias net-pf-17 af_packet
+alias net-pf-31 bluez
+alias netalias-2 ip_alias
+alias irlan0 irlan
+alias irda-dongle-0 tekram
+alias irda-dongle-1 esi
+alias irda-dongle-2 actisys
+alias irda-dongle-3 actisys
+alias irda-dongle-4 girbil
+alias irda-dongle-5 litelink
+alias irda-dongle-6 airport
+alias irda-dongle-7 old_belkin
+alias bt-proto-0 l2cap
+alias bt-proto-2 sco
+alias bt-proto-3 rfcomm
+alias bt-proto-4 bnep
+alias plip0 plip
+alias plip1 plip
+alias tunl0 ipip
+alias cipcb0 cipcb
+alias cipcb1 cipcb
+alias cipcb2 cipcb
+alias cipcb3 cipcb
+alias ppp0 ppp_generic
+alias ppp1 ppp_generic
+alias slip0 slip
+alias slip1 slip
+alias tty-ldisc-1 slip
+alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
+alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
+alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
+alias tty-ldisc-15 hci_uart
+alias ppp-compress-18 ppp_mppe
+alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
+alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
+alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
+alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
+alias usbdevfs usbcore
+alias xfrm-type-2-50 esp4
+alias xfrm-type-2-51 ah4
+alias xfrm-type-2-108 ipcomp
+alias xfrm-type-10-50 esp6
+alias xfrm-type-10-51 ah6
+alias xfrm-type-10-108 ipcomp6
+alias cipher_null crypto_null
+alias digest_null crypto_null
+alias compress_null crypto_null
+alias sha384 sha512
+alias char-major-89-* i2c-dev
+alias net-pf-24 pppoe
+
diff --git a/package/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf b/package/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf
index 4413c571f..e02fcdabe 100644
--- a/package/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf
+++ b/package/base/module-init-tools/module-init-tools.conf
@@ -22,5 +22,13 @@
 
 confopt="$confopt --sbindir=\$root/sbin"
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$root/usr/src/linux/include"
-postmake="ln -fvs ..\$bindir/lsmod \$root/sbin/lsmod"
+
+mit_pm() {
+	ln -fvs ..$bindir/lsmod $root/sbin/lsmod
+
+	cp -vf $confdir/modprobe.conf.data $root/etc/modprobe.conf
+	cp -vf ./modprobe.devfs $root/etc/modprobe.devfs
+}
+
+hook_add postmake 5 "mit_pm"