Re: 2.1.95: freezes persist (aic7xxx freeze)

Adam J. Richter (adam@yggdrasil.com)
Mon, 13 Apr 1998 17:46:41 -0700

In article <35320F64.88DFE236@udac.se> you write:
>[...] I (at least) find since kmod doesent do
>dependency loading it is non-functional (ie. if you have to pre-load
>your modules, why do you need a module loader? Kmod is a really nifty
>feature, but it either has to be revamped or modprobe must send the
>right signals to it).

modprobe (which kmod calls) does load dependent modules. You
probably forgot to do a "depmod -a" to generate the dependencies.
Many people to run "depmod -a" from an /etc/rc script at boot time,
they don't have to think about it when they switch to a new kernel.

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