mdev

Natanael Copa natanael.copa at gmail.com
Thu Apr 16 11:49:57 UTC 2009


On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 10:26 +0400, Vladimir Dronnikov wrote:
> Hello, Natanael!
> 
> >
> > find /sys -name modalias | xargs sort -u | xargs modprobe -a
> >
> 
> I use the same:
> find /sys/devices -name modalias | xargs modprobe -q
> 
> > will load all the drivers.
> 
> > This is only for "coldplugging" though.
> >
> 
> That is the point. When later I plug my CDMA modem in, I get no
> option.ko module loaded. mdev is one step from being a quite good
> _hotplug_ helper. Just make it respect $MODALIAS come from the event
> and run modprobe on it. That is simple.

I'm all for that and will definitively use this feature if/when is added

Thanks!

-nc



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