modprobe before udevstart

modprobe before udevstart

[Bob Barry]

I have the usual rule for loop devices in my udev.rules, but loop
devices were not getting created at startup because the loop entries
were not yet in sysfs.  Re-running the "populate_udev" script, or
udevstart, after the system was running, created the devices OK.
Devices associated with ALSA sound and LTmodem behaved similarly.
Putting an "autoload modules" loop into the startup script (rc in Gentoo)
ahead of "populate_udev" (or udevstart) made it work properly for me.
Is "modprobe essential modules before udevstart" desireable or 
acceptable practice?


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Re: modprobe before udevstart

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2004 at 09:28:53AM +0200, Bob Barry wrote:
> I have the usual rule for loop devices in my udev.rules, but loop
> devices were not getting created at startup because the loop entries
> were not yet in sysfs.  Re-running the "populate_udev" script, or
> udevstart, after the system was running, created the devices OK.
> Devices associated with ALSA sound and LTmodem behaved similarly.
> Putting an "autoload modules" loop into the startup script (rc in Gentoo)
> ahead of "populate_udev" (or udevstart) made it work properly for me.
> Is "modprobe essential modules before udevstart" desireable or 
> acceptable practice?

It shouldn't be necessary at all.

It works for me without it, I really don't understand why it wouldn't
for you.

thanks,

greg k-h


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