Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 1997 15:40:07 +0200 (MEST) | From | Hubert Mantel <> | Subject | Re: how to tell KERNELD to load 2nd SCSI driver ? |
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On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Hugo Van den Berg wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Henrik Storner wrote: > > -> In linux.kernel you write: > -> > -> > SCSI host #1 : NCR810 with 2 internal hard disks connected > -> > SCSI host #2 : AHA1542 with internal cdrom, tape and > -> > optinal external devices (hot swappable! ;) > -> > -> >now I'd like only to load the aha1542 driver via kerneld when I'm going > -> >to need cdrom or tape. > -> > -> You can't - at least, the kernel currently does not recognize that there > -> is a need to invoke kerneld under these circumstances. So short of > -> hacking the kernel SCSI code, you are out of luck. Either load the module > -> manually, or build both drivers into your kernel. > > I beg to differ. You can hack modules.dep in /lib/modules/<vesion> by hand to > make st and sr_mod depend on aha1542. The kernel will signal the need for st > (or sr_mod), and kerneld will load aha1542 along with it.
This does only work in your special case. If you have harddisks only on both scsi adapters it will not work.
> You must remember to rehack modules.dep each time you run depmod -a though. > > Hugo Van den Berg - hbe@cypres.nl
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