Semi-noob question:

My brandy-new KnoppMyth server box is configured and working properly and is booting off a standard IDE disk.

The system includes an on-mobo RAID controller based upon an ITE chipset. I have obtained the driver source from ITE and built it, and the driver loads just fine using insmod and appears to work fine.

My simple question: how do I get the driver to load at boot time instead of having to manually do an insmod (or automate same by making an /etc/rc file)?

It's not critical that the driver get loaded VERY early, 'cuz I don't plan to use it for my boot disk -- it's just gonna be a RAID 0 array on which my MythTV shows will be stored.

I'm sure this is a simple thing to do, but I will admit that I don't know my way around Knoppix very well...

...and yes, I am running the 18.1 build of KnoppMyth, if that matters.

Thanks in advance for your help!


CD

put the modulename in /etc/modules

that file is basically a list of modules to load at boot time

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Thanks for the quick reply Xsecrets!

I have indeed added the module name (iteraid) to /etc/modules, but it's not being loaded...

The bigger question is: where does iteraid.o have to be placed in order for this to work? Also, if I simply copy the .o file into some particular location, do I have to "tell" the system using command(s) that a new driver has been added (beyond adding the entry to /etc/modules)?

Thanks again,


CD

There is no 18.1 build of KnoppMyth.

Also, my understanding is that kernel modules under KnoppMyth end in the .ko extension. Why does yours end in .o?

-brendan

the .o extention is indeed interesting, as 2.4 and older kernels used .o 2.6 which knoppmyth uses is .ko any source module should have a make install to put it where it's supposed to go. and if modprobe modulename works then putting it in /etc/modules should work. if however modprobe does not work you need to find out why and fix that. I know of no other way to load a module that fails with modprobe other than to creat a script and loat it with insmod, but I would suggest fixing the problem instead of going that route.

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