diff -urpN devfsd/GNUmakefile devfsd.kernel25/GNUmakefile
--- devfsd/GNUmakefile	2003-09-21 02:09:45.082973960 +0200
+++ devfsd.kernel25/GNUmakefile	2003-09-21 02:10:23.317161480 +0200
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ 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) -fomit-frame-pointer -O2 -c $<
+
 install: devfsd
 	if [ ! -e $(SBINDIR) ]; then mkdir -p $(SBINDIR); fi
 	rm -f $(SBINDIR)/devfsd
diff -urpN devfsd/check_kernel.c devfsd.kernel25/check_kernel.c
--- devfsd/check_kernel.c	1970-01-01 02:00:00.000000000 +0200
+++ devfsd.kernel25/check_kernel.c	2003-09-21 01:59:56.645430064 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#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
+
+/* returns true if we have a 2.5.48+ kernel */
+int check_kernel_version (int verbose)
+{
+	int k25 = 1;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	if (create_module(NULL, 0) >= 0 /* Uh oh, what have I just done? */
+	    || errno != ENOSYS)
+		k25 = 0;
+
+	if (verbose)
+		fprintf (stderr, "devfsd: kernel %s detected\n",
+				k25 ? "2.5.48+" : "2.4");
+
+	return k25;
+}
+
+void update_config_file (int verbose)
+{
+	int k25 = check_kernel_version (verbose);
+	
+	if (k25)
+		modules_devfs = "/etc/modules.devfs";
+
+	if (verbose)
+		fprintf (stderr, "devfsd: using %s for MODLOAD\n", modules_devfs);
+}
+
diff -urpN devfsd/devfsd.c devfsd.kernel25/devfsd.c
--- devfsd/devfsd.c	2003-09-21 02:06:10.763555464 +0200
+++ devfsd.kernel25/devfsd.c	2003-09-21 02:12:17.482805664 +0200
@@ -396,10 +396,16 @@ 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 (int check_kernel_version,
+		 (int) );
+EXTERN_FUNCTION (void update_config_file,
+		 (int) );
 
 /*  Public data  */
 flag syslog_is_open = FALSE;
+/* set to new style, runtime test will override it later */
+char *modules_devfs = "/etc/modules.devfs";
+
 
 
 /*  Public functions  */
@@ -507,7 +513,6 @@ static struct event_type
     {0xffffffff,                 NULL,         NULL}
 };
 
-
 /*  Public functions follow  */
 
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
@@ -651,6 +656,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
     /*  Set umask so that mknod(2), open(2) and mkdir(2) have complete control
 	over permissions  */
     umask (0);
+    update_config_file (trace_level);
     read_config (CONFIG_FILE, FALSE, &event_mask);
     /*  Do the scan before forking, so that boot scripts see the finished
 	product  */
@@ -1217,7 +1223,7 @@ static void action_modload (const struct
     [RETURNS] Nothing.
 */
 {
-    char *argv[6];
+    char *argv[7];
     char device[STRING_LENGTH];
     char *env[4] = {"HOME=/", "TERM=linux",  /*  Safe mode environment  */
 		    "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin", NULL};
@@ -1240,9 +1246,13 @@ 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;
+    if (check_kernel_version (trace_level))
+      argv[5] = "-q";
+    else
+      argv[5] = NULL;
+    argv[6] = NULL;
     snprintf (device, sizeof (device), "/dev/%s", info->devname);
     if (trace_level > 1)
 	fprintf (stderr, "%s modprobe with name: \"%s\"\n",