On Tuesday 06 February 2007 22:09, chris bayley wrote: > Nick Rout wrote: > >On Tuesday 06 February 2007 21:50, chris bayley wrote: > >>Nick Rout wrote: > >>>On Tuesday 06 February 2007 17:22, chris bayley wrote: > > > >Ahhhh yes, maybe udev tells hal or something. > > > >If you google udev usually the first hit is an article from one of the > > gentoo guys on customising udev - in fact here it is: > > > >http://www.reactivated.net/udevrules.php > > Yeah thats a great page that I keep well bookmarked, but it mostly > speaks of how udev names devices but doesn't mention udev's role in > loading kernel modules..... > > Chris
There is a couple of pages here about udev and hal http://linux.sys-con.com/read/139426.htm watch out for the foul popup, FF didn't stop it. This page http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/udev-guide.xml actually suggests hotplug is responsible for automatic module loading: "udev will install hotplug-base as one of its dependencies. You do not need to install hotplug unless you want your modules automatically loaded when you plug devices in. hotplug also handles the automated bringup of network devices and firmware downloading. "
