Re: debian-installer and devfs
Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au> writes:
> Brian May wrote:
>
> > My understanding is that devfsd does three tasks (in default
> > configuration):
> >
> > 3. loads kernel modules as required.
> >
> > 3 may or may not be important for boot disks, but don't overlook it...
> > --
>
> Any idea how it does this.... how does it know if a specific module is
> needed ?
First /devfs got a inode LOOKUP event, then devfsd (as defined in
devfsd.conf) pop it to kmod as an alias defined in modules.conf ..
HTH,
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