Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965449AbbEFAyb (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 May 2015 20:54:31 -0400 Received: from mail-qg0-f45.google.com ([209.85.192.45]:36060 "EHLO mail-qg0-f45.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965423AbbEFAy2 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 May 2015 20:54:28 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20150505222644.GA27497@milliways> References: <5547B89B.5070502@nod.at> <5547FFB8.5050007@nod.at> <20150505222644.GA27497@milliways> Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 01:54:27 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ? From: linuxcbon linuxcbon To: Ken Moffat Cc: Richard Weinberger , LKML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 938 Lines: 23 On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > I don't think you have ever given any context about what you are > trying to do. It looks to me as if there are two alternatives: (...) I am trying to write a minimal rc.sysinit Only the udev part is missing , because the kernel doesn't know how to modprobe many modules by itself. (Without udev, I can boot up to desktop, but sound , network and full screen video are missing.) > 1. You are building for a particular machine. > 2. You are building a distro. > ĸen (...) I need it to work for any hardware, (well normal pc), so answer 2. I need udev to detect and modprobe which modules are needed. linuxcbon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/