Problem with module-init-tools

Problem with module-init-tools

[J.A. Magallon]

Hi all...

I have a problem with modprobe, 2.6.2-rc1-mm2, and agpgart.

With 2.4, I had this setup to have agpgart loaded:

alias char-major-226 agpgart

With 2.6 and the same setup, that module is loaded. But as agpgart backend is
now split, I need to load also intel-agp.ko. I read manuals, and corrected my
modprobe.conf this way:

install agpgart /sbin/modprobe intel-agp; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install agpgart;

But it goes on an infinite loop :(.

I got this working with

alias char-major-226 intel-agp

How can I get the good old 'above' with new module init tools ?

TIA

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Re: Problem with module-init-tools

[Christophe Saout]

Am Sa, den 24.01.2004 schrieb J.A. Magallon um 23:29:

> I have a problem with modprobe, 2.6.2-rc1-mm2, and agpgart.
> 
> With 2.4, I had this setup to have agpgart loaded:
> 
> alias char-major-226 agpgart
> 
> With 2.6 and the same setup, that module is loaded. But as agpgart backend is
> now split, I need to load also intel-agp.ko. I read manuals, and corrected my
> modprobe.conf this way:
> 
> install agpgart /sbin/modprobe intel-agp; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install agpgart;
> 
> But it goes on an infinite loop :(.

Well, I suppose it's because modprobe intel-agp tries to load agpgart
and that's where it loops. I think you should try to modprobe
--ignore-install agpgart first so that it's already loaded when you
insert intel-agp. And probably use a && between the two commands.

Re: Problem with module-init-tools

[Rusty Russell]

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:29:07 +0100
"J.A. Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es> wrote:

> Hi all...
> 
> I have a problem with modprobe, 2.6.2-rc1-mm2, and agpgart.
> 
> With 2.4, I had this setup to have agpgart loaded:
> 
> alias char-major-226 agpgart

The new style is "alias char-major-226-* agpgart", but that should still
work in 2.6.2-rc1.

> With 2.6 and the same setup, that module is loaded. But as agpgart backend is
> now split, I need to load also intel-agp.ko. I read manuals, and corrected my
> modprobe.conf this way:
> 
> install agpgart /sbin/modprobe intel-agp; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install agpgart;

Yes.  intel-agp presumably depends on agpgart?  If so,
(1) You can just alias char-major-226 intel-agp
(2) There was a bug some older module-init-tools versions, have you tried
	3.0-pre7?

Thanks!
Rusty.
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