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#1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

I'm trying to sort out how to get modules to load correctly on
start-up.
I know you add them to

/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

but I don't understand what all the references to aliases and
char-major etc mean.
Can anyone point me to a simple guide about how to use modules as I
can't seem to find any.

#2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

fred wrote:
>
> I'm trying to sort out how to get modules to load correctly on
> start-up.

Any modules in particular that you're having problems with?

> I know you add them to
>
> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
>
> but I don't understand what all the references to aliases and
> char-major etc mean.

There shouldn't be any aliases, etc in
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 . The only lines it should contain
are comments and module names (less the .ko extension).

You should also have a look at coldplug and hotplug - these load modules
at startup and runtime, resp.

Hth,
--
Ben M.

#3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 17:56:10 +0000, Ben Measures wrote:

> fred wrote:
>>
>> I'm trying to sort out how to get modules to load correctly on
>> start-up.
>
> Any modules in particular that you're having problems with?
>
>> I know you add them to
>>
>> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
>>
>> but I don't understand what all the references to aliases and
>> char-major etc mean.
>
> There shouldn't be any aliases, etc in
> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 . The only lines it should contain
> are comments and module names (less the .ko extension).
>
> You should also have a look at coldplug and hotplug - these load modules
> at startup and runtime, resp.
>
> Hth,

I'm having trouble with lirc and also my game port joystick.
Lirc works ok if I do modprobe 8250 but if I put 8250 in
/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 it doesn't seem do to anything. The
joystick is a similar problem, I have to do modprobe analog before it
works regardless of it is entered in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
All the docs I've read start going on about adding lines like
char-major-16 and alias something or other but I can't find any docs that
explain (simply) how you add options to modules. As I don't really know
what I'm doing except trying to get my Pinnacle PCI PCTV card serial
remote control going and my PCI128 ALSA snd-ens1371 gameport joystick to
work I don't really know where to start or which is the correct way of
going about it.

#4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

Andrew Walker wrote:

> I'm having trouble with lirc and also my game port joystick.
> Lirc works ok if I do modprobe 8250 but if I put 8250 in
> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 it doesn't seem do to anything.

You also have to run modules-update after you add your module to the file
above.

Blake

#5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

So anyway, it was like, 03:23 CET Feb 09 2005, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
Blake was all like, "Dude,
> Andrew Walker wrote:

>> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
>
> You also have to run modules-update after you add your module to the
> file above.

The 'modules-update' script does nothing that involves the file above.

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#6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:13 AM

Andrew Walker wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble with lirc and also my game port joystick.
> Lirc works ok if I do modprobe 8250 but if I put 8250 in
> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 it doesn't seem do to anything.

8250 seems to need the serial_core module loaded first. Try putting
serial_core before 8250 in /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 . If that
works, try just serial_core instead.

Hth,
--
Ben M.

#7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2008, 09:16 AM

Johan Lindquist wrote:

> So anyway, it was like, 03:23 CET Feb 09 2005, you know? Oh, and, yeah,
> Blake was all like, "Dude,
>> Andrew Walker wrote:
>
>>> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6
>>
>> You also have to run modules-update after you add your module to the
>> file above.
>
> The 'modules-update' script does nothing that involves the file above.
>

Thanks for correcting me. Now I learned something.

Blake

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