Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932279AbVLPO0l (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:26:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932288AbVLPO0l (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:26:41 -0500 Received: from xproxy.gmail.com ([66.249.82.199]:28042 "EHLO xproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932279AbVLPO0l convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 09:26:41 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=YLFI9QqA16Zgiz1PisSw3qHRz+9vS3A9Oo5GQjuiIM/N45gYyCQ3dhIRAoxDeeVWauQoJFNlns7BOl0C39/8xGMFsirNTAWTTozyznbIboilgfXl+ilyKG4qJZ39PKOBYuMdp3mumsEEfl1qNUV/IfCctoStnhzTkhZltrT06RM= Message-ID: Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 19:56:40 +0530 From: yogeshwar sonawane To: Qi Yong Subject: driver loading during boot Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1608 Lines: 50 On 12/16/05, Qi Yong wrote: > yogeshwar sonawane wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Long time back u helped me about udev. i tried to write a rule to > > create one device file. its working fine. thanks for that. > > > Bother to CC lkml? Keep both lkml and me in the recipients please. ok . > > > > > Then i am not able to autoload my driver after reboots? > > actually this device file will get created only when that module is > > loaded. And i want both loading as well as device file creation to > > happen on boot? After googling i got that we can write modprobe for > > particular driver in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. But this is the correct way? > > or there is some other way? > > > > Actually where is the information for loading of drivers during boot > > is stored? > > > > Kindly help me. > > > > Yogeshwar > > > > On 10/28/05, *Coywolf Qi Hunt* > > wrote: > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 12:29:33PM +0530, yogeshwar sonawane wrote: > > > hello, > > > > > > I am trying a pseudo character driver. But after reboot, my device > > > file from /dev directory is getting deleted. This is for 2.6 kernel. > > > Is there a way to create a file permanently which will be not > > deleted > > > after reboot? Earlier in 2.4, this was not the case. > > > > udev? > > > > > > - 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/