Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: 2.5 modprobe doesn't handle alias chains? | Date | Mon, 17 Mar 2003 07:58:15 +1100 |
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In message <200303032335.h23NZetq012628@harpo.it.uu.se> you write: > Rusty, > > In converting my 2.5 build to make the serial driver a module, > I discovered that alias chains in modprobe.conf apparently > don't work. This is with module-init-tools-0.9.9. > > I had 'alias char-major-4 serial' and 'alias char-major-5 serial' > in modprobe.conf, since that's what's built into 2.4 modutils, and > then I added 'alias serial 8250'. This did not work: opening /dev/ttyS0 > resulted in modprobe complaining 'FATAL: Module serial not found'. > > Is this a bug or a design limitation?
Well, it's a documented feature, see modprobe.conf(5). You can use install commands instead if you really want recursion, or do as you did and simply resolve the alias by hand.
Hope that helps, Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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