Device nodes (Manually Created )are removed at boot -time
Steven Ringwald
asric at asric.com
Sat Dec 17 05:10:35 UTC 2005
Parameshwara Bhat wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> My modem driver-needed to be built from source-created device nodes
> like /dev/slamr0 ,/dev/slusb0.When I rebooted I found these nodes
> cleared and the daemon slmodemd dead.
>
> I also need to install modules ungrab-winmodem and slamr in that order
> and I have put them in /etc/modprobe.conf in that order.If the order
> is reversed,slamr is grabbed by the kernel.But on rebooting,I found
> in the messages slamr grabbed by the kernel.Obviuosly, module slamr
> got loaded first.
>
> It appears there is some process earlier which loads slamr module
> prior to the processing of /etc/modprobe.conf.
>
> The sequence I want is,
> 1.Load ungrab module
> 2.load slamr module
> 3.run init process /etc/init.d/slmodemd
>
> This used to occur in this sequence in FC1 through FC2. I am having
> persistent problem in FC4.
>
> My knowledge of Boot process is not well enough to figure out what's
> going wrong.
Howdy Parameshwara!
I am going to assume that you are using udev, because that is the
'standard' with FC3 and 4... There is a directory... /etc/udev/devices
If you create the devices in there (or copy them from /dev to there)
they will come back immediately when the system is restarted.
Steve
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