Tom Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi there!
>
> I just wondered (again):
>
> If you define aliases in /etc/conf.modules how does the system know which
> device they refer to?
>
> An example:
>
> If I load
>
> alias scsi_hostadapter [module-name]
>
> it works. What if I'd type
>
> alias my_yummy_scsi_card [module-name]
>
> ?
>
> Valid kernel-parameters are described in kernel-parameters.txt, but what
> about valid module-aliases?
>
> Obviously I am missing something. May anyone help me?
>
[...]
Hi Tom,
in the special case of "alias scsi_hostadapter [module-name]"
this entry is only needed by the shell script "/sbin/mkinitrd"
line 158-165:
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if [ -f /etc/conf.modules ]; then
scsimodules=`grep scsi_hostadapter /etc/conf.modules | grep -v '^[ ]*#' |
sort -u | awk '{ print $3 }'`
for n in $scsimodules; do
# for now allow scsi modules to come from anywhere. There are some
# RAID controllers with drivers in block/
findmodule "" $n
done
fi
----------8<---------------------8<----------
If you change the entry in /etc/conf.modules
alias scsi_hostadapter [module-name]
to
alias my_yummy_scsi_card [module-name]
your initial ramdisk will not contain the module for
your SCSI hostadapter and your machine will not boot
if you are booting from a SCSI drive and have your
SCSI host adapter support not built in the kernel.
If you change the corresponding line in /sbin/mkinitrd
as well, you can write
alias my_yummy_scsi_card [module-name]
in /etc/conf.modules and everything will work fine.
Other entries with special meanings are for example
alias sound [module]
and
alias midi [module]
which are referred to in the script "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit".
Entries like
alias char-major-xy [module]
are obvious I think.
Hope this helps
Harald
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