Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:35:10 -0700 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: autoload scsi1 on access of /dev/sdc1 |
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Last time I checked, doing
alias scsi_hostadaptor aic7xxx
would do the trick. If your primary controller is also a module, then you need to do:
alias scsi_hostadaptor aic7xxx pre-install aic7xxx modprobe first_module_name
Matt
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 02:47:45PM -0700, Stephen Williams wrote: > > I have a puzzle. I have a PD drive that I have attached to a second > SCSI controller (AHA2930) and I configured the aic7xxx driver as a > module. The disk in question appears as /dev/sdc. > > I set up an alias for scsi1, so "modprobe scsi1" does the right thing > for me. However, what I would really like is for any attempt to mount > /dev/sdc1 to autoload the aic7xxx module. After all, I only need it > overnight, when dumps happen. > > The sd driver is *not* a module, and my main hard drives are on the > Intraserver card, which is also not a module. It is just the aic7xxx > module that I only need periodically, and I would like to only load > when I need the third disk. > > This may not be possible, but hints are welcome. > > Linux/alpha 2.2.14 > -- > Steve Williams "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. > steve@icarus.com But I have promises to keep, > steve@picturel.com and lines to code before I sleep, > http://www.picturel.com And lines to code before I sleep." > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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