The right way to automatically load kernel module sg.o

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, StarQuake wrote:

> Paul Howarth wrote:
>> StarQuake wrote:
>> 
>>> Paul Howarth wrote:
>>> 
>>>> StarQuake wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> What is The Right Way(TM) to automatically load the kernel module sg?
>>>>> 
>>>>> It somehow feels wrong to put a 'modprobe sg' in /etc/rc.local
>>>> 
>>>> On FC4, I use a script /etc/sysconfig/modules/scanner.modules that 
>>>> contains:
>>> 
>>>> * snip *
>>>> 
>>>> Paul.
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> So there is no modules.autoload file or something?
>> 
>> 
>> No, there isn't.
>> 
>> The "traditional" way was to put something in /etc/rc.modules but that's 
>> deprecated now.

Fortunately, there appears to be a replacement: Put scripts in 
/etc/sysconfig/modules/*.modules.  (Read /etc/rc.sysinit and scan for 
"modules".)

>> 
>> Paul.
>> 
> Oh I forgot, it's FC3, so it will be /etc/rc.local then I guess

/etc/rc.modules is fine for FC3.

The nice thing about these techniques is that they load modules early in 
the boot process, so they are there when the startup scripts run. 
/etc/rc.local is run last, so startups that need those modules won't have 
them when they run.

>
> Thanks anyway
>
>

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 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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