Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:33:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:33:19 -0400 Received: from p508EB45E.dip.t-dialin.net ([80.142.180.94]:6663 "EHLO wilmskamp.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id convert rfc822-to-8bit; Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:33:16 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Oliver Wegner To: root@chaos.analogic.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Load kernel module automatically Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:33:16 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <200206060033.16700.oliver@wilmskamp.dyndns.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 23:37 schrieb Richard B. Johnson: > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Oliver Wegner wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2002 21:08 schrieb Eric Kristopher Sandall: > > > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, John Tyner wrote: > > > > > Just put the module name in /etc/modules > > > > > > > > This is distribution dependent isn't it? > > > > > > afaik, it is not distro dependent. I've used /etc/modules in > > > RedHat, Debian, Sorcery, Source Mage, and Mandrake, all to the same > > > effect. > > > > well, i havent found that file /etc/modules in SuSE. am not aware > > right now how they handle loading modules during boot process... ;) > > > > Oliver > [...] You need to know that Linux uses a strange command > interpreter that, unlike windows, does not know how to read one's > mind. i never asked linux to read my mind and i know about the differences between windows and linux. i appreciate that linux doesnt try to do everything automatically. thats one reason why i use linux ;) > This means that, should you enter, for instance, `ls > /etc/modules`, it isn't going to find it because it doesn't exist. You > need to either type its full name or use wild-cards which I won't > explain here. i am aware of all that of course, i think everybody who reads this mailinglist knows how to handle shell commands and wildcards so i wonder why you mention it here though. maybe you should consider writing a book for linux beginners ;) Oliver - 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/