How to load a module at boot time om Feodra 2?

jp2004 · 09-22-2004, 07:50 AM

Hello,

I would like to load automatically a module at boot time on Fedora Core 2, but before the scripts start, so I don't want to put the module name in the file /etc/rc.local.
Does anyone know how to do?
Thanks

quatsch · 09-22-2004, 07:30 PM

you could do it at the head of the rc.sysinit or whatever the first script is called on Fedora. Is this still too late?

You could also compile it into the kernel so you don't have to load it. Another possibility is to create a custom initrd. The initrd file in your /boot is probably a gzip file. You can unzip it and then mount it somewhere as a loop back device to see what's on it. The kernel docs give an explanation how the initrd thing works.

textomat · 09-23-2004, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jp2004
Hello,

I would like to load automatically a module at boot time on Fedora Core 2, but before the scripts start, so I don't want to put the module name in the file /etc/rc.local.
Does anyone know how to do?
Thanks

/etc/modprobe.conf - think

OneManArmy · 09-23-2004, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jp2004
Hello,

I would like to load automatically a module at boot time on Fedora Core 2, but before the scripts start, so I don't want to put the module name in the file /etc/rc.local.
Does anyone know how to do?
Thanks

In Debian I do that by adding the module's name to /etc/modules. May be you have the same file in FC2.
Hope this helps.

jp2004 · 09-24-2004, 05:47 AM

Thank you for your answers.

I explain my problem. I want to start my daemon modem driver "slmodemd" at boot time with a script in /etc/rc.d/initd/. To start this driver (slmodemd), the module "slamr" must be loaded.
I currently tried to insert a new line with "slamr" only in the /etc/modprobe.conf file, but it does not work... What is the appropriate syntax to write in "modprobe.conf"?
With the kernel recompilation, how can I concretely insert a new module to be loaded at boot time?

Thank you for your help.

quatsch · 09-24-2004, 07:30 AM

does that module come with the kernel? If it does, you can choose to hard compile it into the kernel instead of as a kernel.

It probably won't work with modprobe.conf since what it controls is what happens when you load a module, but doesn't really control when a module gets loaded in the first place.

You can change the script in /etc/init.d to load the module for you before doing anything else. You just have to insert the line
modprobe slamr
in the appropriate place of the script.