Automatic module insert in boot time

Automatic module insert in boot time

[Yacob Hassidim]

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Hello everyone,

I ask for help to insert/install module automatically in boot time.

I use Ubuntu 11.04.

I try to insert a module automatically in boot time.

I added the name of my module (hello) to the file /etc/modules.

I copied the the file hello.ko to the following directories:

- /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel
- /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers
- /lib/modules/2.6.38-8-generic/kernel/drivers/hello

The hello module prints (printk) message to kern.log and responds to open/read/write/ioctl and close functions.

I don't see the init log messages in the kern.log file.

While I use "insmod hello.ko" command, the command succeeds and I see the log messages.

Can anyone help me why the automatically insertion of the module does not succeed?

Thank you.

Yacob.
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Automatic module insert in boot time

[Mulyadi Santosa]

Hi Yacob...

2011/9/26 Yacob Hassidim <yacobh@zahav.net.il>:
> ________________________________
> Hello everyone,
>
> I ask for help to insert/install module automatically in boot time.
>
> I use Ubuntu 11.04.
>
> I try to insert a module automatically in boot time.
>
> I added the name of my module (hello) to the file /etc/modules.

I don't think that is the place.

Boot time? perhaps better to put your modprobe/insmod calling your
module in something like rc.local, or manually modify your
initrd/initramfs so that it load your module earlier.


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