Modules not loaded at boot?

[Gb]

Hello,

I have re-compiled the kernel many times (2.6.22.1) and also
run manually depmod afterwards (even if I think that lunar does it by itself).

What puzzles me is the fact that the module here:
/lib/modules/2.6.22.1/kernel/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.ko
is not automatically loaded at startup.

I thought that maybe it would be loaded on demand,
but inserting a usb pendrive didn't work.

What I have done is loading manually the module with:
insmod uhci-hcd.ko
and then the pendrive works fine.

Maybe the module should be compiled directly into the kernel
and not as a module? According to the kernel documentation,
both ways are ok.

I have also compiled other kernel features as modules,
but the only modules actually loaded are:

[Jason5876]

I have the usb related stuff compiled into the kernel so no modules need to be loaded. All works well. My usb section of my kernel config:

#
# USB support
#
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_OHCI=y
CONFIG_USB_ARCH_HAS_EHCI=y
CONFIG_USB=y
# CONFIG_USB_DEBUG is not set

CONFIG_USB_DEVICEFS=y

# USB Host Controller Drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_SPLIT_ISO=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_ROOT_HUB_TT=y
CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TT_NEWSCHED=y
# CONFIG_USB_EHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO is not set
CONFIG_USB_ISP116X_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_DESC is not set
# CONFIG_USB_OHCI_BIG_ENDIAN_MMIO is not set
CONFIG_USB_OHCI_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_U132_HCD=m
CONFIG_USB_SL811_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_SL811_CS=m

#
# USB Device Class drivers
#
CONFIG_USB_ACM=m
CONFIG_USB_PRINTER=m

CONFIG_USB_STORAGE=y
# CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG is not set
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DATAFAB=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_FREECOM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ISD200=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DPCM=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_USBAT=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR09=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_SDDR55=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_JUMPSHOT=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_ALAUDA=y
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_KARMA=y
# CONFIG_USB_LIBUSUAL is not set


I usually have usb and such compiled as modules. If so, then I add the modules I want loaded at boot time into my /etc/modules file. This prevents having to load them manually after every boot.

Hope this helps.

JW

[Gb]

Hi Jason,

You pinpointed the problem.

My /etc/modules was empty, so I put there all the module names and now everything works!

Thank you,
Gb

[mwplinux]

[Gb]

Hi mwplinux,

Thanks for pointing out lmodules.
I must read the docs!

Gb