Re: [gentoo-user] coldplug replaces /etc/modules.autoload.d ?
On Tuesday 13 December 2005 13:04, Grant wrote: I'm still trying to figure out what exactly coldplug does. Is it a replacement for /etc/modules.autoload.d ? Yes and no. Basically what coldplug does is that it works with other services in order to automatically load modules given certain events. To come up with a better explanation. If my visor/ipaq modules are not loaded for my PDA, and I plug my palm or ipaq into my USB port, the modules will automatically be loaded for the devices. - Grant Chris White pgpB0sQrWPZ4l.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] coldplug replaces /etc/modules.autoload.d ?
I'm still trying to figure out what exactly coldplug does. Is it a replacement for /etc/modules.autoload.d ? Yes and no. Basically what coldplug does is that it works with other services in order to automatically load modules given certain events. To come up with a better explanation. If my visor/ipaq modules are not loaded for my PDA, and I plug my palm or ipaq into my USB port, the modules will automatically be loaded for the devices. - Grant Chris White You mean if you plugged the PDA in before turning on your system's power, right? And hotplug does the same thing if the device is plugged in after turning on the power, right? Hotplug won't load the modules if the plugged-in thing was plugged in before the power was turned on? If coldplug is running, do I need /etc/modules.autoload.d ? What's up with the hotplug init script? Everyone seems to act like it doesn't exist. - Grant -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] coldplug replaces /etc/modules.autoload.d ?
On 12/12/05, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still trying to figure out what exactly coldplug does. Is it a replacement for /etc/modules.autoload.d ? Coldplug scans system busses, looking for hardware, and attempting to load any modules available for that hardware. It does this by running the scripts /etc/hotplug/*.rc. So for example /etc/hotplug/pci.rc scans /sys/bus/pci/devices, looking for devices. For each device it finds, it looks at /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.pcimap to see if there is a module available for that device. If there is, the script tries to load it. So yes, there is some overlap with /etc/modules.autoload.d/, because you can load these drivers there. The difference is that coldplug is limited to just hardware device drivers. Other drivers (like security drivers, io schedulers, or power management drivers) cannot be loaded this way, so you have to use the modules.autoload.d/ method. -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] coldplug replaces /etc/modules.autoload.d ?
On 12/12/05, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's up with the hotplug init script? Everyone seems to act like it doesn't exist. That's because it doesn't do anything. /sbin/rc (well, /lib/rc-scripts/addons/udev-start.sh) now handles hotplug appropriately for the kernel version. Or at least this is true with baselayout-1.12.0_pre11-r3 and udev-077-r3 -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
