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Subject: Re: modules in 2.6.0-test11
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|--==> "a" == alexis  <alexis@attla.net.ar> writes:

  a> The kernel works fine, all modules too but i have to insert them
  a> with insmod or modprobe, i cannot make that modules became loaded
  a> automatically.

Edit '/etc/modprobe.conf' and change "alias char-major-<major> foo" to
"alias char-major-<major>-<minor> foo".  Or "char-major-<major>-*" if
you can't determine the minor number.

The modules themselves are supposed to export these chardev aliases, which
will obsolete the entries in '/etc/modprobe.conf', but as yet only one or
two actually do this.  I have patches that fix most of the serial drivers
and right now I'm working my way through './drivers/char/'.  But I haven't
yet sent them in. 

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