[plug] modules and sysadmin

[Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima]

On Thu, 27 May 1999, Mike Holland wrote:

> On Thu, 27 May 1999, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:
> 
> > try adding
> > alias scsihostadapter aha152x
> > options aha152x aha152x=0x140,12
> > 
> > to /etc/conf.modules.
> 
> Thanks. Where are these aliases documented?  No mention in depmod(1).
> 
> > then in theory any access to a scsi device will cause the module to load ...
> 
> Its not working. Do I need to reset any daemons?

... Sorry you should run depmod -a ... this will rebuild your moduels.dep file
the running modprobe -c | grep scsi should show you it is configured or not :)

> 
> The other module i want is : modprobe sbpcd sbpcd=0x230,1
> for an old CD-ROM. It needs to stay loaded, as it probes for about
> 20 secs when loading, even with the options.
> (It often takes a few tries to mount too. maybe hardware trouble)

Add:
options spcd spcd=0x230,1

to conf.modules .... and do the depmod -a thing :)

then run modprobe spcd in rc.local .... this will make sure the module doesn't
get auto unloaded ... there is a "propper' way to do this with a special flag
BUT I can't remember what it is :( 


I think that should do it ..... Sorry


Yours Tony.