[Buildroot] hardware detection

[Stefan Feilmeier <stefan@deeproot.co.in>]

On Mi, 2007-03-14 at 11:08 +0100, Bernhard Fischer wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:34:59AM +0530, Stefan Feilmeier wrote:
> >Hello.
> >
> >First of all buildroot is a really useful tool and we use it to build
> >the initial system for our install cd. The only problem is that I am
> >stuck on hardware detection. I am trying to store my kernel modules on
> >the cd and mount it during boot process to keep my initrd small. Modules
> >for the cdrom drive are compiled into the kernel. This is what I do
> >currently: 
> >
> >1. Boot initrd
> >2. /etc/init.d/S10udev starts udev and populates /dev
> >3. Mount cdrom(s) on /mnt/cdrom/
> >4. Mount --bind /lib/modules
> >
> >Till here everything works just fine and the modules are accessible
> >in /lib/modules. Now I try to run `udevtrigger` but it doesn't detect my
> >network card. Loading the module manually with `modprobe pcnet32` works
> >fine. I am trying this in a VMware virtual machine.
> >
> >Does anybody have a hint for me?
> 
> 1) delete udev and use busybox's mdev instead
> 2) echo alias eth0 pcnet32 >> /etc/modprobe.conf; ifup eth0
>  or something to that effect.

Thanks for your answer. The problem is that I need real hardware
detection as the cd will run on many different platforms and not only on
VMware virtual machines. Any idea?