linux-kernel - Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules ?

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Date:	Tue, 05 May 2015 01:24:40 +0200
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:	linux cbon <linuxcbon@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right modules
 ?

Am 05.05.2015 um 01:14 schrieb linux cbon:
> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at> wrote:
>> You can build in the needed modules or just use udev...
> 
> for example, I need these modules to be loaded automatically by the kernel,
> but they are not : r8169 , radeon , snd_hda_codec etc.
> Why doesn't the kernel do it, instead of using a userspace program like udev ?
> Sorry if my question is silly.

Because in some cases you want to blacklist modules, have special parameters for
them etc...
It is a typical "kernel offers mechanism and userspace policy" thing.

If you want them blindly loaded add them to your local.rc or build them in.

Thanks,
//richard

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