From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265547AbUBAWb6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:31:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265550AbUBAWb6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:31:58 -0500 Received: from wblv-254-118.telkomadsl.co.za ([165.165.254.118]:18310 "EHLO gateway.lan") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265547AbUBAWby (ORCPT ); Sun, 1 Feb 2004 17:31:54 -0500 Subject: module-init-tools/udev and module auto-loading From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: Martin Schlemmer To: Linux Kernel Mailing Lists Cc: Greg KH , Rusty Russell Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-541+bcHfm3/tY/Rd8Bqq" Message-Id: <1075674718.27454.17.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 00:31:58 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-541+bcHfm3/tY/Rd8Bqq Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi A quick question on module-init-tools/udev and module auto-loading ... lets say I have a module called 'foo', that I want the kernel to auto-load. If I now have in modprobe.conf: -- alias char-major--* foo alias /dev/foo foo -- and /dev/foo exists, it works just fine. If I delete /dev/foo however, it does not. Say the module _do_ support sysfs (meaning udev will create /dev/foo on loading, this do not really affect things, as without /dev/foo it do not work anyhow. This a known issue (sure I know I can add it to local initscript to load, but this is not always the preferred 'fix')? Any ideas on how to 'fix' this? Then a distant related issue - anybody thought about dynamic major numbers of 2.7/2.8 (?) and the 'alias char-major--* whatever' type modprobe rules (as the whole fact of them being dynamic, will make that alias type worthless ...)? Thanks, --=20 Martin Schlemmer --=-541+bcHfm3/tY/Rd8Bqq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAHX5eqburzKaJYLYRAn94AKCbwfMcRQ/cjJd8wr/m5JBw2WCjbgCdGE+j 286xD3gGPZ9ZetK9So2u5z4= =kNhz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-541+bcHfm3/tY/Rd8Bqq--