Fw: Automatic module insert in boot time

[Yacob Hassidim]

Hello Matt,

Thank you for your answer.

The driver is a simple one (hello) and does not require any hardware.

Sincerely,

Yacob Hassidim.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Schulte" <matts at commtech-fastcom.com>
To: "Yacob Hassidim" <yacobh at zahav.net.il>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Automatic module insert in boot time


>I believe the reason it is not installing as you would like with the
> automatic /etc/modules method is that it requires hardware to be
> detected before it loads the driver.  It will not automatically load
> drivers unless it detects hardware that needs them.
>
> Matt Schulte
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Yacob Hassidim <yacobh at zahav.net.il> 
> wrote:
>>> Hello Mulyadi,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your response.
>>>
>>> I read the best way to automatically insert a module is via the
>>> /etc/modules (see
>>> http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-how-to-load-a-kernel-module-automatically-at-boot-time/).
>>>
>>> Don't forget I use Ubuntu 11.04.
>>>
>>> I tried the rc.local: It works perfectly.
>>>
>>> I searched for initramfs file but didn't find at all under Ubuntu.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Yacob Hassidim.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Mulyadi Santosa" <mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Yacob Hassidim" <yacobh at zahav.net.il>
>>> Cc: <kernelnewbies at kernelnewbies.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 11:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: Automatic module insert in boot time
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Yacob...
>>>>
>>>> 2011/9/26 Yacob Hassidim <yacobh at zahav.net.il>:
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> I ask for help to insert/install module automatically in boot time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I use Ubuntu 11.04.
>>>>>
>>>>> I try to insert a module automatically in boot time.
>>>>>
>>>>> I added the name of my module (hello) to the file /etc/modules.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think that is the place.
>>>>
>>>> Boot time? perhaps better to put your modprobe/insmod calling your
>>>> module in something like rc.local, or manually modify your
>>>> initrd/initramfs so that it load your module earlier.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Mulyadi Santosa
>>>> Freelance Linux trainer and consultant