Re: Auto loading of kernel modules COLD/HOT BOOT

From: Kay Sievers
Date: Fri Sep 18 2009 - 08:13:41 EST


On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 14:06, Alan Jenkins
<sourcejedi.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9/18/09, vprabu vprabu <prabu_online2005@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I am new to kernel hacking ; i had been an application guy; now focusing
>> into the fundamentals of linux kernel. I really have little knowledge about
>> the kernel, modules and auto loading of modules.After a lot of googling ,i
>> am now much perplexed :-).
>>
>> ÂMost of the articles are contradictory to each
>> other and not very clear ( or not so simple at my level to comprehend)
>
> Heh, I think that's a common reaction. ÂI don't know where there is a
> good introduction.

Here is a pretty old text from 2005, it explains some bits, if the old
stuff before udev is known to the reader. Some things have changed in
the meantime, like the event queue stuff which is no longer directly
accessible, but the general picture is still pretty close to what we
do today:
http://vrfy.org/log/recent-state-of-udev.html

Kay
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