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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

I notice that kernel module autoloading takes place during the sysinit
initialization stage. I have some kernel modules that I do not wish to load
until a particular runlevel (in my case runlevel 3) is reached. Is there a way
to achieve this or do I need to modify the startup scripts?

Thanks in advance.

Mark.

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Mark Hobley,
393 Quinton Road West,
Quinton, BIRMINGHAM.
B32 1QE.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

Mark Hobley wrote:

> I notice that kernel module autoloading takes place during the sysinit
> initialization stage. I have some kernel modules that I do not wish to
> load until a particular runlevel (in my case runlevel 3) is reached. Is
> there a way to achieve this or do I need to modify the startup scripts?

The only possibility I see is to add a startup script of your own, to be run
as the last one, in which you use /modprobe/ or eventually /insmod/ to load
the pertaining modules.

Hope this helps... ;-)

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Aragorn
(registered GNU/Linux user #223157)

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 12:20 PM

Aragorn wrote:

> Mark Hobley wrote:
>
>> I notice that kernel module autoloading takes place during the sysinit
>> initialization stage. I have some kernel modules that I do not wish to
>> load until a particular runlevel (in my case runlevel 3) is reached. Is
>> there a way to achieve this or do I need to modify the startup scripts?
>
> The only possibility I see is to add a startup script of your own, to be
> run as the last one, in which you use /modprobe/ or eventually /insmod/ to
> load the pertaining modules.

This is what /etc/init.d/local is for. Just put the commands you need
in /etc/conf.d/local.start and add local to the default runlevel (rc-update
add local default).

BTW, gentoo runlevels are best referred to using names, not numbers
(default, boot, etc.).

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