Load kernel module automatically

Load kernel module automatically

[Michael Zhu]

Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
to the following directory?
  /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/

I've done that. But it doesn't work.

Any help will be appreciated.



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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:

> Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
> kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
> I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
> I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
> automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
> to the following directory?
>   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/
> 
> I've done that. But it doesn't work.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.

man modules.conf


Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

                 Windows-2000/Professional isn't.

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Mark Hounschell]

Michael Zhu wrote:
> 
> Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
> kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
> I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
> I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
> automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
> to the following directory?
>   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/
> 
> I've done that. But it doesn't work.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.

$man modules.conf

Mark

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Jan Hudec]

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 03:38:06PM -0400, Michael Zhu wrote:
> Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
> kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
> I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
> I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
> automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
> to the following directory?
>   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/

Kernel does not seek for modules to load in any way. Actually, in usual
installation there are tons of modules compiled an mostly unused. You
must put the insmod command (or better modprobe command) somewhere in
the init scripts. Since I expect your installation is RedHat (the kernel
version looks like a RedHat one), there should already be one a it
should be loading all modules listed in /etc/modules.conf (not sure abou
the exact name - I don't have RedHat).

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  				- Jan Hudec `Bulb' <bulb@ucw.cz>

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Austin Gonyou]

On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 17:27, Jan Hudec wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 03:38:06PM -0400, Michael Zhu wrote:
> > Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
> > kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> > reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
> > I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
> > I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> > configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
> > automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
> > to the following directory?
> >   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/
> 
> Kernel does not seek for modules to load in any way. Actually, in usual
> installation there are tons of modules compiled an mostly unused. You
> must put the insmod command (or better modprobe command) somewhere in
> the init scripts. Since I expect your installation is RedHat (the kernel
> version looks like a RedHat one), there should already be one a it
> should be loading all modules listed in /etc/modules.conf (not sure abou
> the exact name - I don't have RedHat).

Isn't that what modules.conf (conf.modules on some) is for though? To
have lists of available devices and load modules if their services are
used?(i.e. ifup eth0, but eth0 doesn't exist at boot time, so ifup calls
a utility that loads the module, then ifup continues to run)


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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Mark Hounschell]

Austin Gonyou wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 17:27, Jan Hudec wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 03:38:06PM -0400, Michael Zhu wrote:
> > > Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
> > > kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> > > reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
> > > I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
> > > I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> > > configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
> > > automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
> > > to the following directory?
> > >   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/
> >
> > Kernel does not seek for modules to load in any way. Actually, in usual
> > installation there are tons of modules compiled an mostly unused. You
> > must put the insmod command (or better modprobe command) somewhere in
> > the init scripts. Since I expect your installation is RedHat (the kernel
> > version looks like a RedHat one), there should already be one a it
> > should be loading all modules listed in /etc/modules.conf (not sure abou
> > the exact name - I don't have RedHat).
> 
> Isn't that what modules.conf (conf.modules on some) is for though? To
> have lists of available devices and load modules if their services are
> used?(i.e. ifup eth0, but eth0 doesn't exist at boot time, so ifup calls
> a utility that loads the module, then ifup continues to run)
> 
The utility is built into the kernel, it's called kmod and uses /etc/modules.conf
as it's config file....


Mark

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Austin Gonyou]

On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 18:27, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> Austin Gonyou wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 17:27, Jan Hudec wrote:
........
> > > Kernel does not seek for modules to load in any way. Actually, in usual
> > > installation there are tons of modules compiled an mostly unused. You
> > > must put the insmod command (or better modprobe command) somewhere in
> > > the init scripts. Since I expect your installation is RedHat (the kernel
> > > version looks like a RedHat one), there should already be one a it
> > > should be loading all modules listed in /etc/modules.conf (not sure abou
> > > the exact name - I don't have RedHat).
> > 
> > Isn't that what modules.conf (conf.modules on some) is for though? To
> > have lists of available devices and load modules if their services are
> > used?(i.e. ifup eth0, but eth0 doesn't exist at boot time, so ifup calls
> > a utility that loads the module, then ifup continues to run)
> > 
> The utility is built into the kernel, it's called kmod and uses /etc/modules.conf
> as it's config file....

That's all my point was...:) Thanks!


> 
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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Eric Kristopher Sandall]

On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:

> Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into the
> kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I mean
> I need to use the insmod to load the module each time
> I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> configuration so that the Linux OS can load my module
> automatically during reboot? I need to copy my module
> to the following directory?
>   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/

You don't need to do this, actually, you should _not_ do this.
 
> I've done that. But it doesn't work.
> 
> Any help will be appreciated.

Just put the module name in /etc/modules
example: I want my network card (3Com 3c905c - 3c59x module), vfat, and
ide-scsi (for my IDE burner) to load at
boot, so I have in my /etc/modules:

3c59x
ide-scsi
vfat

The order does not matter.

-ES

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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[John Tyner]

> Just put the module name in /etc/modules

This is distribution dependent isn't it?

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Eric Kristopher Sandall]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:

> > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> 
> This is distribution dependent isn't it?

afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used /etc/modules in RedHat,
Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same effect.

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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Michael Zhu]

Hi, I couldn't find the /etc/modules file in my Linux
machine. There is only a modules.conf file under /etc
directory. My Linux is RedHat 7.2 with kernel version
2.4.7-10. What is wrong with this?

Michael


--- Eric Kristopher Sandall <sandalle@wsunix.wsu.edu>
wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:
> 
> > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> > 
> > This is distribution dependent isn't it?
> 
> afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used
> /etc/modules in RedHat,
> Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to
> the same effect.
> 
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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Michael Zhu]

Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
this file directly? Can anyone give me an example?

Thanks.


--- Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net> wrote:
> Michael Zhu wrote:
> > 
> > Hi, I built a kernel module. I can load it into
> the
> > kernle using insmod command. But each time when I
> > reboot my computer I couldn't find it any more. I
> mean
> > I need to use the insmod to load the module each
> time
> > I reboot the computer. How can I modify the
> > configuration so that the Linux OS can load my
> module
> > automatically during reboot? I need to copy my
> module
> > to the following directory?
> >   /lib/modules/2.4.7-10/
> > 
> > I've done that. But it doesn't work.
> > 
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> 
> $man modules.conf
> 
> Mark


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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Måns Rullgård]

Michael Zhu <mylinuxk@yahoo.ca> writes:

> Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
> still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
> mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
> this file directly?

Not without a text editor of some kind.

> Can anyone give me an example?

emacs modules.conf

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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Eric Kristopher Sandall]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:

> Hi, I couldn't find the /etc/modules file in my Linux
> machine. There is only a modules.conf file under /etc
> directory. My Linux is RedHat 7.2 with kernel version
> 2.4.7-10. What is wrong with this?
> 
> Michael

Just create the file, and then put in the text.

/etc/modules.conf is for module options and aliases.
example: My sound card is a sb16, with irq=7 io=0x220, dma1=0, dma2=5

in /etc/modules.conf (this is from memory, might not be exact)
alias  eth0   3c59x
alias  sound  sb
options  sb  irq=7, io=0x220, dma=0, dma16=5

Now, I can do "modprobe sound"[0] and it will load my sb module with those
paramaters.  I could also do "modprobe sb" and it will load my sb module
with those parameters.  I can also do "modprobe eth0" and it will load my
3c59x module.

You may also put the aliased names in /etc/modules.

example:

eth0
sound
vfat

[0] modprobe is the preferred way to load modules, instead of insmod.
modprobe will load any dependencies your module needs, and will unload all
of them if one fails to load.

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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Oliver Wegner]

Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 21:08 schrieb Eric Kristopher Sandall:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:
> > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> >
> > This is distribution dependent isn't it?
>
> afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used /etc/modules in RedHat,
> Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same effect.

well, i havent found that file /etc/modules in SuSE. am not aware right now 
how they handle loading modules during boot process... ;)

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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Richard B. Johnson]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Oliver Wegner wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 21:08 schrieb Eric Kristopher Sandall:
> > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:
> > > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> > >
> > > This is distribution dependent isn't it?
> >
> > afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used /etc/modules in RedHat,
> > Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same effect.
> 
> well, i havent found that file /etc/modules in SuSE. am not aware right now 
> how they handle loading modules during boot process... ;)
> 
> Oliver
> 

This is getting "tired". I told you how to find out this information.

Here is a SuSE distribution's /etc/modules.conf, complete with its
copyright notice. You need to know that Linux uses a strange command
interpreter that, unlike windows, does not know how to read one's
mind. This means that, should you enter, for instance, `ls /etc/modules`,
it isn't going to find it because it doesn't exist. You need to either
type its full name or use wild-cards which I won't explain here.

#
#
# Copyright (c) 1996-2000 SuSE GmbH Nuernberg, Germany.  All rights reserved.
#
# Author: Hubert Mantel <mantel@suse.de>, 1996-2000
#
# Configuration file for loadable modules; used by modprobe and kerneld
#
# Aliases - specify your hardware
alias eth1 off
alias tr0 off
alias scsi_hostadapter off
alias fb0 off
# only used for Mylex or Compaq Raid as module
alias block-major-48 off
alias block-major-49 off
alias block-major-72 off
alias block-major-73 off
# only needed for fifth and sixth IDE adaptor
alias block-major-56 off
alias block-major-57 off
# mouse (for older busmice)
alias char-major-10 off
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
options parport_pc io=0x378 irq=none,none
# If you have multiple parallel ports, specify them this way:
# options parport_pc io=0x378,0x278  irq=none,none
# For parallel port devices, uncomment the following two lines and change
# "frpw" to the protocol type you use
# post-install paride insmod frpw
# pre-remove paride rmmod frpw
#*****************************************************************************
# If you want to use the kernel sound drivers instead of OSS 3.8.1z (the 
# recommended solution) please put comment signs in front of the following 
# entries. Then choose one of the sample configurations below. Uncomment all
# lines starting with 'alias', 'options' or 'pre-/post-install' within one 
# such configuration and modify the parameters according to your needs (e.g. 
# the ressources chosen for this device in /etc/isapnp.conf). For a lot of 
# ISA soundcards the Soundblaster driver is a good starting point.
#*****************************************************************************
alias char-major-14 off
alias sound off
alias midi off
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : ad1816.o           AD1816 chip
#
#                                Supported cards :
#
#                                Terratec Base 1/64
#                                HP Kayak
#                                Acer FX-3D
#                                SY-1816
#                                Highscreen Sound-Boostar 32 Wave 3D
#                                Highscreen Sound-Boostar 16
#    
#    Documentation available in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/AD1816
#    and in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/ad1816.c .
#
#    Possible configuration :
#
# alias char-major-14 ad1816
# post-install ad1816 modprobe "-k" opl3
# post-install ad1816 modprobe "-k" mpu401
# options ad1816 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=3 ad1816_clockfreq=33000
# options opl3 io=0x0388
# options mpu401 io=0x0330 irq=9      
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : ad1848.o           AD1848/CS4231/CS4248 Chip
#                                --> Windows Sound System (MSS/WSS)
#
#                                A variety of common ISA soundcards are
#                                compatible with this family of chips.
#
#    Documentation available in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/ad1848.c (search
#    for MODULE_PARM) and in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/README.OSS .
#    Usually this module is used in conjunction with other higher level sound
#    modules.
#
#    Possible configuration for stand-alone usage :
#
# alias char-major-14 ad1848
# options ad1848 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 dma2=3
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : cs4232.o           Crystal 423x chipsets
#
#    Documentation available in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/cs4232.c (search
#    for MODULE_PARM) and in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/CS4232 . This
#    chip is often used together with other sound hardware.
#
#    Possible configuration for stand-alone usage :
#
# alias char-major-14 cs4232
# post-install cs4232 modprobe "-k" opl3 
# options cs4232 io=0x534 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 mpuio=0x330 mpuirq=9
# options opl3 io=0x388
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : es1370.o           Ensoniq 1370 Chipsatz (--> PCI64/128)
#                                
#                                Supported cards :
#                                
#                                Creative Labs PCI64/128
# 
#    Documentation availabke at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/es1370 and
#    /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/es1370.c .
#
# alias char-major-14  es1370
# options es1370 joystick=1
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : es1371.o           Creative Ensoniq 1371 Chipsatz (--> PCI64/128)
#
#                                Supported cards :
#                                
#                                Creative Labs PCI64/128
#
#    Documentation availabke at /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/es1371 and
#    /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/es1371.c . 
#
# alias char-major-14  es1371
# options es1371 joystick=0x200
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : mad16.o            MAD16
#
#    Possible configuration :
#
# alias char-major-14 mad16
# options sb mad16=1
# options mad16 io=0x530 irq=7 dma=0 dma16=1
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : sb.o               Soundblaster 16, SB Pro + Clones
#                                Also needed for AWE32/64 
#
#    Dcoumentation available in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Soundblaster
#    and in /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/sb.c .
#
#    Possible configuration :
#
# alias char-major-14 sb
# post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card"
# options sb io=0x220 irq=7 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x330
# options adlib_card io=0x388
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : trix.o             MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
#
# alias char-major-14 trix
# pre-install trix modprobe "-k" 
#
#*****************************************************************************
#    module : wavefront.o        Turtle Beach Maui, Tropez, Tropez Plus
#
#    Comment from /usr/src/linux/Documentation/sound/Wavefront :
#    (please read that file !)
#    "the wavefront options "io" and "irq" ***MUST*** match the "synthio"
#     and "synthirq" cs4232 options."
#
#    Possible configuration :
#
# alias char-major-14 wavefront
# alias synth0 wavefront
# alias mixer0 cs4232
# alias audio0 cs4232
# pre-install wavefront modprobe "-k" "cs4232"
# post-install wavefront modprobe "-k" "opl3"
# options wavefront io=0x200 irq=9
# options cs4232 synthirq=9 synthio=0x200 io=0x530 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0
# options opl3 io=0x388 
#
#*****************************************************************************
#*****************************************************************************
# Example config for ALSA (for SB16 PnP - like cards)
# You don't need to run isapnp with ALSA, it has full PnP support.
# See /usr/doc/packages/alsa/README.SuSE
#*****************************************************************************
# 
#ALSA native device support:
#
# alias char-major-116 snd
# options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
#
#Insert your sound driver name here, and it you have a PCI or PnP card,
#you are ready to do "rcsalsactl start":
#
# alias snd-card-0 snd-card-sb16
#                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# options snd-card-sb16 snd_index=0
#         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
#
#For a list of supported soundcards look into /usr/src/packages/alsa/cards.txt
#
#OSS/Free emulation
#
# alias char-major-14 soundcore
# alias snd-slot-0  snd-card-0
# 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
#
#Set mixer to stored defaults (with alsactl store)
# post-install snd  alsactl restore
# 
#*****************************************************************************
########################################################################
# Options; these are examples; uncommented and modify the lines you need
########################################################################
# options cdu31a         cdu31a_port=0x340 cdu31a_irq=0
# options sbpcd          sbpcd=0x230,1
# options aztcd          aztcd=0x320
# options cm206          cm206=0x340,11
# options gscd           gscd=0x340
# options mcd            mcd=0x300,11
# options mcdx           mcdx=0x300,11
# options optcd          optcd=0x340
# options sjcd           sjcd_base=0x340
# options sonycd535      sonycd535=0x340
# options isp16          isp16_cdrom_base=0x340 isp16_cdrom_irq=0 isp16_cdrom_dma=0 isp16_cdrom_type=Sanyo
# options ne             io=0x300 irq=5
# Use this if you have two cards:
# options ne             io=0x300,0x320 irq=5,7
# options tulip          options=0
# options 3c59x          options=0
# options 3c501          io=0x280 irq=5
# options 3c503          io=0x280 irq=5 xcvr=0
# options 3c505          io=0x300 irq=10
# options 3c507          io=0x300 irq=10
# options 3c509          irq=10
# options at1700         io=0x260 irq=10
# options smc-ultra      io=0x200 irq=10
# options wd             io=0x300 irq=10
# options smc9194        io=0x200 irq=10 ifport=0
# options e2100          io=0x300 irq=10 mem=0xd0000 xcvr=0
# options depca          io=0x200 irq=7
# options ewrk3          io=0x300 irq=10
# options eexpress       io=0x300 irq=10
# options hp-plus        io=0x300 irq=10
# options hp             io=0x300 irq=10
# options hp100          hp100_port=0x380
# options apricot        io=0x300 irq=10
# options ac3200         io=0x300 irq=10 mem=0xd0000
# options de620          io=0x378 irq=7 bnc=1
# options ibmtr          io=0xa20
# options arcnet         io=0x300 irq=10 shmem=0xd0000
# options plip           io=0x378 irq=7
# options eepro          io=0x260 irq=10 mem=0x6000
# options eth16i         io=0x2a0 irq=10
# options fmv18x         io=0x220 irq=10
# options ni52           io=0x360 irq=9 memstart=0xd0000 memend=0xd4000
# options bttv           card=2
# options tuner          type=7
options dummy0 -o dummy0
options dummy1 -o dummy1
alias block-major-1 rd
alias block-major-2 floppy
alias block-major-3 off
alias block-major-7 loop
alias block-major-8 sd_mod
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 off
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-28 sbpcd
alias block-major-29 aztcd
alias block-major-32 cm206
alias block-major-33 off
alias block-major-34 off
# network block device
alias block-major-43 off
alias block-major-45 pd
alias block-major-46 pcd
alias block-major-47 pf
alias char-major-4 serial
alias char-major-5 serial
alias char-major-6 lp
alias char-major-9 st
alias char-major-10-135 off
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
alias char-major-10-240 agpgarti810
alias char-major-15 off
alias char-major-19 cyclades
alias char-major-20 cyclades
alias char-major-21 sg
alias char-major-27 ftape
# fb
alias char-major-29 off
alias char-major-30 iBCS
alias char-major-36 netlink_dev
# alias char-major-43       hisax
# alias char-major-44       hisax
# alias char-major-45       hisax
alias char-major-43 off
alias char-major-44 off
alias char-major-45 off
alias char-major-48 riscom8
alias char-major-49 riscom8
alias char-major-67 coda
alias char-major-75 specialix
alias char-major-76 specialix
alias char-major-81 bttv
alias char-major-83 vtx
options vtx quiet=1
alias char-major-89 i2c-dev
alias char-major-96 pt
alias char-major-97 pg
alias char-major-107 3dfx
alias char-major-108 ppp_async
alias char-major-109 lvm
# ppp over ethernet
alias char-major-144 pppox
# IrDA
alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty
# USB
alias char-major-166 acm
#alias char-major-180	  usbcore
alias char-major-240 usb-serial
alias binfmt-332 iBCS
alias binfmt-518 iBCS
alias binfmt-204 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-263 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-264 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-267 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-0064 binfmt_aout
alias binfmt-0008 binfmt_aout
alias iso9660 isofs
alias tty-ldisc-1 slip
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp
alias tty-ldisc-5 mkiss
# alias tty-ldisc-7       6pack
alias tty-ldisc-7 off
# IrDA
alias tty-ldisc-11 irtty
# alias ax0               mkiss
alias ax0 off
# alias sp0               6pack
alias sp0 off
alias slip0 slip
alias sl0 slip
alias slip1 slip
alias sl1 slip
alias ppp0 ppp
alias ppp1 ppp
alias plip0 plip
alias plip1 plip
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
alias net-pf-3 ax25
# alias net-pf-3            off
alias net-pf-4 ipx
# alias net-pf-4            off
alias net-pf-5 appletalk
# alias net-pf-5            off
alias net-pf-6 netrom
# alias net-pf-6            off
alias net-pf-10 ipv6
# alias net-pf-10           off
alias net-pf-11 rose
# alias net-pf-11           off
alias net-pf-17 af_packet
alias tap0 ethertap
alias tap1 ethertap
alias tap2 ethertap
alias tap3 ethertap
alias tap4 ethertap
alias tap5 ethertap
alias tap6 ethertap
alias tap7 ethertap
alias tap8 ethertap
alias tap9 ethertap
alias tap10 ethertap
alias tap11 ethertap
alias tap12 ethertap
alias tap13 ethertap
alias tap14 ethertap
alias tap15 ethertap
# Added by YaST2, do not change
alias usb-hostadapter usb-uhci
# ALSA section {$#@begin@#$} [don't remove or move this line] vvvvv
#
# ALSA native device support, generated by YaST2
#
alias char-major-116 snd
options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1
alias snd-card-0 snd-card-es1938
options snd-card-es1938 snd_index=0 snd_id=card1
#
# OSS/Free emulation
#
alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
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
#
# ALSA section {$#@_end_@#$} [don't remove or move this line] ^^^^^

# YaST2: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100]
alias eth0 eepro100




Cheers,
Dick Johnson

Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).

                 Windows-2000/Professional isn't.

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Oliver Wegner]

Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 23:37 schrieb Richard B. Johnson:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Oliver Wegner wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 21:08 schrieb Eric Kristopher Sandall:
> > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:
> > > > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> > > >
> > > > This is distribution dependent isn't it?
> > >
> > > afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used /etc/modules in
> > > RedHat, Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same
> > > effect.
> >
> > well, i havent found that file /etc/modules in SuSE. am not aware
> > right now how they handle loading modules during boot process... ;)
> >
> > Oliver
>
> This is getting "tired". I told you how to find out this information.

all i wanted to point out was that it doesnt seem to be distribution 
independent as someone had stated before because that file /etc/modules 
for example doesnt exist under SuSE. i wasnt asking anything about it 
myself.

anyway i will be able to find out that information if i need to sometime. 
thanks.

Oliver

-- 
The first myth of management is that it exists.  The second myth of
management is that success equals skill.
		-- Robert Heller

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Oliver Wegner]

Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 23:37 schrieb Richard B. Johnson:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Oliver Wegner wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 21:08 schrieb Eric Kristopher Sandall:
> > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote:
> > > > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules
> > > >
> > > > This is distribution dependent isn't it?
> > >
> > > afaik, it is not distro dependent.  I've used /etc/modules in
> > > RedHat, Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same
> > > effect.
> >
> > well, i havent found that file /etc/modules in SuSE. am not aware
> > right now how they handle loading modules during boot process... ;)
> >
> > Oliver


> [...] You need to know that Linux uses a strange command
> interpreter that, unlike windows, does not know how to read one's
> mind.
i never asked linux to read my mind and i know about the differences 
between windows and linux. i appreciate that linux doesnt try to do 
everything automatically. thats one reason why i use linux ;)

> This means that, should you enter, for instance, `ls
> /etc/modules`, it isn't going to find it because it doesn't exist. You
> need to either type its full name or use wild-cards which I won't
> explain here.
i am aware of all that of course, i think everybody who reads this 
mailinglist knows how to handle shell commands and wildcards so i wonder 
why you mention it here though. maybe you should consider writing a book 
for linux beginners ;)


Oliver

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[J.A. Magallon]

On 2002.06.06 Alan Cox wrote:
>On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 23:23, Oliver Wegner wrote:
>> all i wanted to point out was that it doesnt seem to be distribution 
>> independent as someone had stated before because that file /etc/modules 
>> for example doesnt exist under SuSE. i wasnt asking anything about it 
>> myself.
>> 
>> anyway i will be able to find out that information if i need to sometime. 
>> thanks.
>
>modules.conf is the standard name for it. A long time ago it was
>sometimes called conf.modules. 
>

Usually there is an rc script called /etc/rc.d/rc.modules. It
can load modules directly (perhaps this is the case on SuSE and RH),
or it reads the list of modules to load from an independent file
(/etc/modules in Mandrake, for example). In the first case you add
the 'modprobe xxxx' directly in the rc script, and in the second you
just add 'xxxx' in /etc/modules, so you do not modify a system file
and rpm is happy about .rpmnew files.

-- 
J.A. Magallon                           #  Let the source be with you...        
mailto:jamagallon@able.es
Mandrake Linux release 8.3 (Cooker) for i586
Linux werewolf 2.4.19-pre10-jam1 #3 SMP jue jun 6 00:00:33 CEST 2002 i686

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Alan Cox]

On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 23:23, Oliver Wegner wrote:
> all i wanted to point out was that it doesnt seem to be distribution 
> independent as someone had stated before because that file /etc/modules 
> for example doesnt exist under SuSE. i wasnt asking anything about it 
> myself.
> 
> anyway i will be able to find out that information if i need to sometime. 
> thanks.

modules.conf is the standard name for it. A long time ago it was
sometimes called conf.modules. 

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Keith Owens]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 15:47:16 -0400 (EDT), 
Michael Zhu <mylinuxk@yahoo.ca> wrote:
>Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
>still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
>mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
>this file directly? Can anyone give me an example?

/etc/modules.conf does NOT automatically load modules.  It contains
information that is applied to a module during the load process but
something else has to trigger the initial module load.  NB, not
conf.modules, that is an alternative name that is obsolete.

The initial load can be manual (user types 'modprobe foo') or
automatic.  For the automatic case, a module can be requested by kernel
code (CONFIG_KMOD eventually runs 'modprobe foo' from the kernel) or
some startup script can issue modprobe.  Startup scripts vary from one
distribution to another, look in /etc/rc.sysinit, /etc/rc.local and
/etc/rc.d/ for references to modules to find out how your distribution
does automatic loading at startup.

Redhat does most of the work in /etc/rc.sysinit, other distributions
may vary.  That code explicitly loads sound drivers if they are listed
in /etc/modules.conf, then if /etc/rc.modules exists, it tries to
execute that script.  So define /etc/rc.modules, mark it executable and
put your modprobe commands in that file.

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Jan Hudec]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:47:16PM -0400, Michael Zhu wrote:
> Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
> still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
> mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
> this file directly? Can anyone give me an example?

You say you read the page. ... Hey, wait a moment!
There are TWO files. /etc/modules.conf, that defines how to load modules
when they are requested (default parameters), which modules to load on
kernel request (autoloading) etc. And then there is another file -
/etc/modules, that is simply processed like
for each line do modprobe <the line>
during boot process.


So depending on what kind of module you have. If it's a module for some
device, you can make the alias in modules.conf and kernel will ask for
it when it's needed. It also works for some special cases (like iptables
- they don't even need an alias). For other things, especially network
device drivers you need to load them from /etc/modules

Note: ALL config files on unix are made so that they can be edited by
hand using eny editor.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  				- Jan Hudec `Bulb' <bulb@ucw.cz>

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Mark Hounschell]

Jan Hudec wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 03:47:16PM -0400, Michael Zhu wrote:
> > Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
> > still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
> > mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
> > this file directly? Can anyone give me an example?
> 
> You say you read the page. ... Hey, wait a moment!
> There are TWO files. /etc/modules.conf, that defines how to load modules
> when they are requested (default parameters), which modules to load on
> kernel request (autoloading) etc. And then there is another file -
> /etc/modules, that is simply processed like
> for each line do modprobe <the line>
> during boot process.
> 
> So depending on what kind of module you have. If it's a module for some
> device, you can make the alias in modules.conf and kernel will ask for
> it when it's needed. It also works for some special cases (like iptables
> - they don't even need an alias). For other things, especially network
> device drivers you need to load them from /etc/modules
> 
That isn't the case.  There is no /etc/modules file on any Linux box I've
ever used. My network driver modules are loaded automatically by the kernel's
internal module loader "kmod" because the are set up correctly in /etc/modules.conf.

"alias eth0 3c905"

ALL device driver modules can be set up to load automatacally by "kmod".

Mark

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Jan Hudec]

On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 05:16:48AM -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> That isn't the case.  There is no /etc/modules file on any Linux box I've
> ever used. My network driver modules are loaded automatically by the kernel's
> internal module loader "kmod" because the are set up correctly in /etc/modules.conf.
> 
> "alias eth0 3c905"
> 
> ALL device driver modules can be set up to load automatacally by "kmod".

That I didn't know. However, I have a computer with four network cards
in it. Since they are numbered dynamicaly, loading modules in different
order results in different numbering of devices. How do I assure that
upon request for eg. eth2 the loaded module is assigned eth2?


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  				- Jan Hudec `Bulb' <bulb@ucw.cz>

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Mark Hounschell]

Jan Hudec wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 05:16:48AM -0400, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> > That isn't the case.  There is no /etc/modules file on any Linux box I've
> > ever used. My network driver modules are loaded automatically by the kernel's
> > internal module loader "kmod" because the are set up correctly in /etc/modules.conf.
> >
> > "alias eth0 3c905"
> >
> > ALL device driver modules can be set up to load automatacally by "kmod".
> 
> That I didn't know. However, I have a computer with four network cards
> in it. Since they are numbered dynamicaly, loading modules in different
> order results in different numbering of devices. How do I assure that
> upon request for eg. eth2 the loaded module is assigned eth2?

The order in which they are labeled is the order the are found during the pci scan.
The lspci command should tell you which is which. Then place the correct entries in
/etc/modules.conf


alias eth0 3c905
alias eth1 blabla
alias eth2 blablaaaa
.
.


Regards
Mark

Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Thunder from the hill]

Hi,

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Eric Kristopher Sandall wrote:
> in /etc/modules.conf (this is from memory, might not be exact)
> alias  eth0   3c59x
> alias  sound  sb
> options  sb  irq=7, io=0x220, dma=0, dma16=5

Erm, no. You can alias sb as sound, but this won't help you that much. It 
needs to be char-major-14, and for alsa sound-slot-0 (in addition!).

Regards,
Thunder
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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Andrew Rodland]

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On Thu, 06 Jun 2002 05:16:48 -0400
Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> That isn't the case.  There is no /etc/modules file on any Linux box
> I've ever used. My network driver modules are loaded automatically by

you haven't used a lot of linux boxen. it's there on every major
distribution and most of the ones that aren't. 

Er, except slack. That still uses /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, doesn't it?

--hobbw

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Re: Load kernel module automatically

[Thunder from the hill]

Hi,

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Michael Zhu wrote:
> Hi, I've read the man page of modules.conf. But I
> still couldn't figure out how to solve my problem. I
> mean how to change the modules.conf file. Can I edit
> this file directly? Can anyone give me an example?
> 
> Thanks.

/etc/modules.conf is quite useful if you work with /dev files w/0 devfs, 
protocol families etc.

Example: you have your sound driver compiled as a module. In /dev you have 
a couple of sound character devs with major number 14. Now you write an 
alias for it into your /etc/modules.conf:

alias	char-major-14	soundcore

Example: you have your ipv6 over ipv4 compiled as a module. Your protocol 
family 41 requires ipv6 to be loaded. Therefore say:

alias	net-pf-41	ipv6

Regards,
Thunder
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empty harbour, wave goodbye	|
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