Re: Inserting modules on the run.

[Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@boosthardware.com>]

Shaju Abraham wrote:
> Hi all,
>          This is about OSS emulation by ALSA.   When I modprobe my sound
> card,  I find that the snd-pcm-oss.o and mixer-oss.o modules are not there
> in the modules list.
> 
> But when an OSS application is run, how does ALSA insert these two modules
> on the fly?  Supposing I have manually inserted these two modules before
> hand  and if ALSA again tries to insmod them, what will happen? could the
> system crash 'cos of this?
> 
> Whenever ALSA is inserting the abv two modules on the run, it should be
> possible for me to insert my own module along with the two mentioned abv,
> isn't it?  Can u pls tell me where in the ALSA src code this piece of
> action is happening and how to insert my own module on the run.
> 

You should use the /etc/modules.conf file

There is a lot of information on how to use this in the alsa-wiki and 
alsa howto.

see the documentation link on the alsa webpage.




> --shaju abraham
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