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6.4.2: Using the kernel's module auto-loading mechanism

If you want to use the kernel's auto-loading mechanism, then all you have to do is to follow the instructions given in the previous chapter (see conf.modules). But note: in order to make auto-loading of kernel modules possible the kerneld program must be running. Normally kerneld is started from the system startup scripts such as `/etc/rc.d/rc.local'. The names of the system startup scripts vary a lot between different Linux distributions; `/etc/rc.d/rc.local' need not even exist on your system.

With Linux v2.1.x and above you do not exactly need kerneld for auto-loading of modules, but you do need it for automated reaping of kernel modules.

Use the following command to determine whether kerneld is running:

ps -ax|grep kerneld

If this doesn't produce any output or shows only the `grep kerneld' line and you need to start kerneld yourself and change your system setup.

ftape uses the kernel's module auto-loading facility to load the FDC drivers specified with the ft_fdc_driver option automatically (see ftape.o module options). So there is no need to load these modules manually when your kernel supports auto-loading of kernel modules. There is a separate section with further remarks about ftape and module auto-loading. See Autoloading.


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