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

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Message-ID: <CAJ-LWjM4As3-8h5FmaEWJmp9TqfRXy35Oosx-Q_d-gGQO=iksg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 6 May 2015 01:54:27 +0100
From:	linuxcbon linuxcbon <linuxcbon@...il.com>
To:	Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com>
Cc:	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: how to have the kernel do udev's job and autoload the right
 modules ?

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:26 PM, Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com> wrote:
> I don't think you have ever given any context about what you are
> trying to do.  It looks to me as if there are two alternatives:
(...)
I am trying to write a minimal rc.sysinit
Only the udev part is missing , because the kernel doesn't
know how to modprobe many modules by itself.
(Without udev, I can boot up to desktop, but sound , network and
 full screen video are missing.)

> 1. You are building for a particular machine.
> 2. You are building a distro.
> ĸen
(...)
I need it to work for any hardware, (well normal pc), so answer 2.
I need udev to detect and modprobe which modules are needed.

linuxcbon
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