Proper way to autoload modules (/etc/rc.modules)?

Arjan van de Ven arjanv at redhat.com
Fri Apr 8 08:01:58 UTC 2005


On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 00:10 -0400, pjones wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 19:14 -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> > On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 15:08:14 -0400 Peter Jones <pjones at redhat.com> wrote:
> > > But at the same time, once somebody actually starts using this
> > > rc.modules.d idea, they're going to quickly discover that they want
> > > ordering there, as well, to make sure e.g. the various usb hcd modules
> > > are loaded in the order they want.
> > 
> > I don't think so. First, USB is processed in a special way, and I asked not
> > to bring it up in the very first message (after which someone immediately
> > replied with a discussion about USB). But second, HCD modules are not
> > ordered, even in case of EHCI and its companion controllers. If you see
> > different results depending on the loading order, file a bug.
> 
> Ok, that one example isn't completely perfect, so here's a better one.
> If I load usb_storage before sd_mod, the iRiver plugged into my usb port
> is going to be sda, and the drive plugged into my scsi bus will be sdb,
> right?
> 
> And if I load them in the opposite order?

this is what mount by label and hal are for ;)
oh and the things udev has to pin devices to names..

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