thanks Stephen this is exactly what I was looking for. :-) On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:36:03 -0400 (EDT), Lubos Rendek wrote: >> >> thanks guys for this.. Now what is the best way to link modules to a >> specific hardware. for example my lsmod shows that I use 'ecb' module. >> For someone like me this name does not say much. Is there a way to >> find which module belongs to which piece of hardware? > > /sbin/modinfo ecb > > The "description" line is helpful of course. And the "alias" lines > identify which pieces of hardware will cause the module to be loaded, > for most device drivers. (Some older device drivers don't have any > internal aliases and require help from external aliases to load > automatically when the corresponding hardware device is detected. > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/1212216035.1060481270421606408.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com > >
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