From: Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@firmix.at>
To: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Cc: linux lover <linux.lover2004@gmail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: loading modules at kernel startup
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:13:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1103624005.31674.10.camel@tara.firmix.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b041221013752802fc5@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 10:37 +0100, Alex Riesen wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:44:23 +0530, linux lover
> <linux.lover2004@gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
> > How to load own kernel modules just after eth0
> > interface is brought up?
> > I want to load kernel module as soon as networking part of kenrel
> > starts.
This usually depends on your distribution.
> Look at udev and hotplug
>
> > I dont want to loose any packets that travels on my linux
> > machine.
>
> You'll always loose something: there will be a gap between activating
> of the network interface and running of your module (or sniffer, as it sounds).
Not if you do all on "activating the network interface" except "ip link
set eth<x> up".
Usually this means patching your distributions network startup scripts
and/or hooking in the firewall-rule-startup-script (where you basically
have the same problem).
Bernd
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-12-21 10:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-21 9:14 linux lover
2004-12-21 9:37 ` Alex Riesen
2004-12-21 10:04 ` linux lover
2004-12-21 10:13 ` Bernd Petrovitsch [this message]
2004-12-21 12:38 ` Jan Engelhardt
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