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CRC
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 30 Mar 2003
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 Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 6:53 am Post subject: Auto-create modules.autoload |
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These days, pcmcia and usb are controlled by hotplug, and ISA is dead, but finding the modules for your PCI cards can be a pain. Ideally, modules.conf controls everything to load the right drivers when you open the device, but this can be a pain to set up, and isn't really necessary. Gentoo uses a simple "modules.autoload" for loading various modules at boot time.
But ... what modules do you need? Try this script. It will scan your PCI bus and find the modules for you!!
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#!/bin/sh
pci_module_array () {
while read JUNK ID JUNK
do
VENDOR=`echo $ID | cut -b1-4`
DEVICE=`echo $ID | cut -b5-8`
ENTRY=`echo 0x0000${VENDOR} 0x0000${DEVICE}`
grep "$ENTRY" /lib/modules/`uname -r`/*.pcimap | cut -d ' ' -f1
done
}
for MODULE in `pci_module_array < /proc/bus/pci/devices | sort -u`
do
# echo "Loading $MODULE ..."
# modprobe -q $MODULE >/dev/null 2>&1
echo $MODULE
done
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Comment out the "echo $MODULE" line and uncomment the other two if you'd rather make this an init script to just load the modules. Great for CD-ROMS! Also try redirecting the output using >>/etc/modules.autoload
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Esben
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| Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2003 9:32 am Post subject: |
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That' s a rather cool script  Too bad I don't have more than one pci-device 
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GenKiller
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Very neat script! This is perfect for a project I'm working on. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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scoobydu
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| Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2003 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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Neat script
Although it only finds my audfigy2, but not my network card or raid controller?? 
Thanks for sharing it though .. |
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CRC
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For this to work, you have to have all your modules compiled. It only finds modules you have compiled!
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