> In linux.kernel you write:
>
> > SCSI host #1 : NCR810 with 2 internal hard disks connected
> > SCSI host #2 : AHA1542 with internal cdrom, tape and
> > optinal external devices (hot swappable! ;)
>
> >now I'd like only to load the aha1542 driver via kerneld when I'm going
> >to need cdrom or tape.
>
> You can't - at least, the kernel currently does not recognize that there
> is a need to invoke kerneld under these circumstances. So short of
> hacking the kernel SCSI code, you are out of luck. Either load the module
> manually, or build both drivers into your kernel.
You are incorrect. You can easily have kerneld load the second scsi
driver by setting up the dependency in your modules.dep by hand. You
just need an entry like:
/lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/st.o: /lib/modules/2.0.30/scsi/aha1542.o
To have kerneld load the aha1542.o before it loads st.o. My machine
at home is set up almost exactly like the setup above, and it works
fine for all my secondary scsi devices, including tape, cd-rom, and
generic scsi devices. The drawback is that 'depmod -a' can't autodetect
these dependencies, so the user needs to add them by hand, and not run
'depmod -a' on boot up. But once it is set up, kerneld will autoload
the aha1542.o just fine.
> It is even documented in the kerneld mini-HOWTO. Therefore, it
> is not a bug.
Then the kerneld mini-HOWTO needs to be updated.
James.
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