>>>>> "Jens" == Jens B Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jens> David B. Teague wrote:
>> Hi ...
>>
>> I have asked individuals this question and I have posted it,
>> with RTFM as the answer. Polite answers, but ... I have done
>> the RTFM on all module issues: insmod, modprobe, modules,...
>>
>> The Problem: On my home machine, deb 1.1, 486-66, scsi hd and
>> cd rom, 16 mb vlbus, I'm having trouble with getting the
>> modules for scsi cdrom, serial, and lp, to load at boot
>> time. They load fine with insmod, and I can use the devices.
>>
>> Please tell me what to put into the module dependency to make
>> them load, and tell me where the kernel module facility expects
>> to find it (/etc/module ? )OR tell me how to find out what is
>> needed.
>>
>> David
Jens> Edit the file /etc/modules and put in a line with the word
Jens> 'isofs' to cause the modules which supports the CDROM
Jens> filesystem to be loaded. You'll also need the module which
Jens> supports the CDROM physical device as well. If you use and
Jens> ATAPI (IDE) CDROM this device is probably already loaded. I
Jens> honestly don't know what the module name is because I have
Jens> it compiled into my kernel. Maybe someone else knows.
I found that I had to add/change some dependancy lines in
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep to make kerneld load some thing
properly. Apparently, 'depmod -a' does not build the file correctly
--- in particular, the scsi stuff is screwed up.
Here's the changes I make:
8<----------------------------------------------------------------->8
11c11
< /lib/modules/2.0.27/fs/isofs.o:
---
> /lib/modules/2.0.27/fs/isofs.o: /lib/modules/2.0.27/scsi/sr_mod.o
53c53
< /lib/modules/2.0.27/scsi/ppa.o: /lib/modules/2.0.27/scsi/scsi_mod.o
---
> /lib/modules/2.0.27/scsi/ppa.o: /lib/modules/2.0.27/scsi/sd_mod.o
8<----------------------------------------------------------------->8
... with those edits, I am able to go 'mount /zip' or 'mount /cdrom'
(with the proper /etc/fstab entries in place, of course), and the
driver modules will auto-load now. All I have in /etc/modules is
"auto".
Hope this helps!
(semi auto-retorical... Q: Who maintains the 'depmod' program? Can
he fix this for us?)
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