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Re: How the kernel knows?



On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:29:06 -0300, David Roguin wrote:

> I was wondering, how does the kernel knows what module (or driver) to
> load given any hardware? 

Mmm, "lspci" lists hardware ID and kernel should know about that :-?

> And, can i see that in any log file?

In many ways, but the most accurate way I know is by issuing:

lspci -vvv

And then look for "Kernel modules" or ""Kernel drivers" tag which would 
list the current module/driver in use for that piece of hardware.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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