Re: How to force a module to load at boot
Rich B <deblists@osg.saic.com> writes:
> This has to be an easy one, but I'm lost. I don't know the correct
> way to force a kernel module to load at boot.
Add it to /etc/modules...
> I got a new PCMCIA network card for my laptop. The old one loaded the
> correct module automagically, but the new one doesn't. I have to eject
> the card and re-insert it before the xircom_cb loads.
...but I want to say that PCMCIA drivers are "special", and you can't
just load a module for a PCMCIA card and have it work. You might look
at the PCMCIA configuration files; one of them gives a mapping of
PCMCIA card IDs to module names. (Though if the right module gets
loaded the *second* time, something weirder is going on...)
> I've looked at /etc/modules.conf, but can't figure it out.
Documented in modules.conf(5), but on Debian, you want to create or
edit a file in /etc/modutils and then rerun update-modules(8).
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