Re: Help with firing up modules on demand

2002-03-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 04:56:13AM -0700, Yobb wrote: > > I think I have read all the relevant docs regarding setting up my system > to auto load modules but I am still somewhat unsure. > > I put the name of the module in /etc/modules if I want it fired up on > boot. This is not really what I wa

FW: Help with firing up modules on demand

2002-03-22 Thread Panuganty, Ramesh
If you put anything in /etc/modutils/, "update-modules" will insert them into /etc/modules.conf. This is not what you want. What you may have to do is, call "insmod " in the startup script for your device. Like alsasound in /etc/init.d/. Don't create any links to this from /etc/rc?.d/ directories.

Help with firing up modules on demand

2002-03-21 Thread Yobb
I think I have read all the relevant docs regarding setting up my system to auto load modules but I am still somewhat unsure. I put the name of the module in /etc/modules if I want it fired up on boot. This is not really what I want! I want the modules to start up when they are required (like m