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From"Adam J. Richter" <>
DateSat, 2 May 1998 20:17:34 -0700
SubjectRe: Kernel 2.1.99 and kmod and ppa
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Michael Guntsche wrote:
> I noticed following strange problem with kmod and the PPA devices.
> After modularizing alle the scsi components (scsi_mod,sd_mod,ppa) and
> restarting the computer mounting the iomega would only install the
> scsi_mod and the sd_mod module.
>
> my conf_modules file that worked with kerneld and the 2.0.xx kernels
>
> <snip>
> block-char-major-8 sd_mod
> install sd_mod insmod -k ppa && insmod -k sd_mod
>
> or
>
> <snip>
> block-char-major-8 ppa
> post-install ppa insmod -k sd_mod
>
> doesnt semm to work with kmod.

"block-char-major-8" should be "block-major-8", or, more
correctly, "scsi_hostadapter". Since you did not define
"block-major-8", modprobe used its built-in default definition of
"block-major-8" which is "sd_mod".

I have submitted a change to Marcin Dalecki (the author of
modprobe) that replaces these undocumented built-in defaults with a
standard /etc/conf.modules file, which will make modprobe's expected
behavior more visible, although part of my reason for submitting that
change was because I had to extend the data structure modprobe uses in
enabling it to handle multiple aliases (e.g., "alias scsi_hostapter
ncr53c8xx ppa"), which made such initialization a tiny bit more
complex.

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