Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757024AbZIRMNd (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:13:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754233AbZIRMNb (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:13:31 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f175.google.com ([209.85.211.175]:44721 "EHLO mail-yw0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756756AbZIRMN3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:13:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9b2b86520909180506n667b161esca739811d8604d49@mail.gmail.com> References: <778490.95843.qm@web50204.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <9b2b86520909180506n667b161esca739811d8604d49@mail.gmail.com> From: Kay Sievers Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:13:18 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Auto loading of kernel modules COLD/HOT BOOT To: Alan Jenkins Cc: vprabu vprabu , linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org, linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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: 1224 Lines: 27 On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 14:06, Alan Jenkins wrote: > On 9/18/09, vprabu vprabu wrote: >> I am new to kernel hacking ; i had been an application guy; now focusing >> into the fundamentals of linux kernel. I really have little knowledge about >> the kernel, modules and auto loading of modules.After a lot of googling ,i >> am now much perplexed :-). >> >>  Most of the articles are contradictory to each >> other and not very clear ( or not so simple at my level to comprehend) > > Heh, I think that's a common reaction.  I don't know where there is a > good introduction. Here is a pretty old text from 2005, it explains some bits, if the old stuff before udev is known to the reader. Some things have changed in the meantime, like the event queue stuff which is no longer directly accessible, but the general picture is still pretty close to what we do today: http://vrfy.org/log/recent-state-of-udev.html Kay -- 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/