On Tuesday 06 February 2007 22:36, Nick Rout wrote: > 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. "
http://www-uxsup.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/doc/suse/sles9/adminguide-sles9/ch14.html The above may be helpful, given that it is for suse. OTOH it is for an older version and the kernel has made significant progress over the relevant period.
