On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 07:45:25 -0400 (EDT), Lubos Rendek wrote: > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> On Sun, 4 Apr 2010 17:36:03 -0400 (EDT), Lubos Rendek wrote: >>> >>> thanks guys for this.. Now what is the best way to link modules to a >>> specific hardware. for example my lsmod shows that I use 'ecb' module. >>> For someone like me this name does not say much. Is there a way to >>> find which module belongs to which piece of hardware? >> >> /sbin/modinfo ecb >> >> The "description" line is helpful of course. And the "alias" lines >> identify which pieces of hardware will cause the module to be loaded, >> for most device drivers. (Some older device drivers don't have any >> internal aliases and require help from external aliases to load >> automatically when the corresponding hardware device is detected. > > thanks Stephen this is exactly what I was looking for. :-)
You're welcome. But please don't "top post". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_posting -- .''`. Stephen Powell <[email protected]> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
