linux-kernel - Re: Help writing kernel module...

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Message-ID: <48f7fe350808141201y24669c8foee0bea867fe612b3@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:01:56 -0400
From:	"Ryan Hope" <rmh3093@...il.com>
To:	"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Help writing kernel module...

what about if I want to determine if a module is loaded?

On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 02:00:26PM -0400, Ryan Hope wrote:
>> I can't find any information on how to make a kernel module load
>> another module. Can someone please tell me how to do this? Thanks in
>> advance.
>
> Use a symbol exported by that other module and your module should
> automatically depend on that module and modprobe will nicely load it
> before your module for you.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
>
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