J.H.Kim wrote:
2008/10/18 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
On Sat,18.Oct.08, 13:49:25, J.H.Kim wrote:
> Hi, everyone
>
> I wonder where the ethernet network module is loaded.
> Is it loaded in the kernel source code statically or in the
init script?
>
> I think the network module is loaded after init user process
is created,
> but I don't know where the loading point is.
>
> Please tell me where the command to load the network module is
placed.
As far as I know modules are loaded automatically after probing the
hardware. Maybe telling us what you are trying to achieve would be
better.
I'm reading kernel source code for the first time. First, I'd like
to know how the PCI driver works.
I found the routines which scans PCI bus and and adds the found
devices data structure to bus data structure.
But I got lost there. Each device probe routine seems to be called
after the related module is loaded. I cannot find the routines which
call modprobe or insmod for desired modules related to found
devices and I wonder how the module for each device is selected. So,
I'm finding where the network driver module is loaded, for example.
Any advice would be appreciated.
J.H.Kim
on my machine i find network_modules in:
/lib/modules/2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486/modules.pcimap
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a
Linux etchschijf 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-486 #1 Mon Sep 8 05:28:59 UTC 2008
i686 GNU/Linux
regards,
steef
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