Put a file into /etc/modprobe.d/ ? 2011/10/10 Richard Ulrich <[email protected]>
> Hi mentors, > > I'm in the process of writing and packaging a small application that > communicates over gpio pins on the i2c protocol with another device. > Now the following page shows what to do during testing. > > http://blog.famzah.net/2009/12/05/i2c-via-gpio-on-bifferboard-running-debian/ > > It works during testing, but after the next reboor, I have to execute > all the modprobes again. > So this page describes what to do, so that the modules are loaded on > every boot. > http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ch-modules.html > > But these instructions don't seem to be well suited for inclusion in a > deb package, as it involves editing files already on the system. I would > much prefer an approach such as used with cron. Where one can put a > packagename.cron.d file into the debian folder. > > Also http://man.he.net/man1/dh_installmodules talks about installing > modues that belong to the package. > But the modules that I want to load don't belong to my package. They > beolng to packages that my packages depends on. > > So, what is the correct way to make a package load modules from another > package? > > Rgds > Richard >
