Re: module-init-tools/udev and module auto-loading

From: Jamie Lokier (jamie_at_shareable.org)
Date: 02/02/04

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    Date:	Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:12:29 +0000
To: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>

    Greg KH wrote:
    > Rusty had it correct in that you need to try to load for the type of
    > module:
    > alias eth1 tulip
    > alias usb-controller usb-ohci
    > and so on. That's the much better way.

    Shouldn't these things be autodetected?

    "alias usb-controller" is a poor example. Shouldn't the kernel
    automatically load drivers for all USB controllers that are found?
    (On my system, there's more than one type, which makes "alias
    usb-controller" even uglier).

    "alias eth1" may be necessary to bind discovered NICs with the right
    interface names, but it's unfortunate. One system where I had "alias
    eth0 ..." failed to boot after a kernel upgrade when the named driver
    no longer supported that network card (a different driver took over
    support).

    -- Jamie
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