Messages in this thread | | | From | Bart De Schuymer <> | Subject | Re: Module loading on demand | Date | Sat, 22 Feb 2003 17:48:02 +0100 |
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On Saturday 22 February 2003 14:43, Bill Davidsen wrote: > I note that with "new modules" modules no longer seem to load as needed > but must be loaded by hand or explicitly in modprobe.conf. > I have just been bitten by this trying to build a kernel (loop needed to > be loaded by hand) and using a VFAT format ZIP drive partition, where > mount didn't load the vfat module. > > Is there some trick to making modules useful again?
I don't know if this is your solution, but for some reason I have to do echo "/sbin/modprobe" > /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to get automatic loading to work. IIRC, this proc entry points to /bin/true by default for some reason, for 2.5 kernels.
-- cheers, Bart
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