Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263388AbTIBCpm (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:45:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263426AbTIBCpm (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:45:42 -0400 Received: from mta10.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.202]:1413 "EHLO mta10.adelphia.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263388AbTIBCpl (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:45:41 -0400 Message-ID: <001001c370fa$c47f2e30$6401a8c0@wa1hco> From: "jeff millar" To: "lkml" Subject: 2.6.0-test4, psmouse doesn't autoload, CONFIG_SERIO doesn't module Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 22:34:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1266 Lines: 32 Some questions 1. Why doesn't the PS/2 mouse autoload as a module? Running 2.6.0-test4, psmouse doesn't autoload as a module. Oddly, neither gpm nor X complains about the missing module, the mouse just doesn't work. But if I modprobe psmouse, the cursor starts moving. I verified that /dev/psaux uses char-major-10-1 and that it has an "alias char-major-10-1 psaux" in modprobe.conf. 2. Why do I have to compile CONFIG_SERIO into the kernel? If it's set to module, then the link step for various modules complains about missing atkbd symbols? I'd appreciate any hints on what to try. thanks, jeff Some more questions to help me understand how this works... 1. What does kmod send to modprobe? From looking at modprobe.conf apparently "char-major-x-y". 2. Does kmod send any other strings to modprobe? 3. Documentation/kmod.txt says "passing the name (to modprobe) that was requested", couldn't this be more explicit? 4. Does kmod gets the major-minor number from the device file upon open(), or some other way? - 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/