2008/10/18 Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat,18.Oct.08, 13:49:25, J.H.Kim wrote: > > Hi, everyone > > > > I wonder where the ethernet network module is loaded. > > Is it loaded in the kernel source code statically or in the init > script? > > > > I think the network module is loaded after init user process is > created, > > but I don't know where the loading point is. > > > > Please tell me where the command to load the network module is placed. > > As far as I know modules are loaded automatically after probing the > hardware. Maybe telling us what you are trying to achieve would be > better. >
I'm reading kernel source code for the first time. First, I'd like to know how the PCI driver works. I found the routines which scans PCI bus and and adds the found devices data structure to bus data structure. But I got lost there. Each device probe routine seems to be called after the related module is loaded. I cannot find the routines which call modprobe or insmod for desired modules related to found devices and I wonder how the module for each device is selected. So, I'm finding where the network driver module is loaded, for example. Any advice would be appreciated. J.H.Kim
