> The only thing that should be in the rc scripts is depmod, which figures > out the module dependencies. If the module is not loaded on boot, it > should load when the requests it. This may be the problem -- the module > itself may not be showing up in an lsmod.
Shows up fine as shown when lsmod. this after I added insmod aic7xxx to rc.local If I don't change anything else why would the kernel remove the module? and if it works fine what's the harm? If you can tell me a better way to make the module permanent please tell me. What do you think ? Mike
[root@linux mike]# lsmod Module Size Used by sr_mod 13952 1 (autoclean) isofs 17808 1 (autoclean) sg 25392 0 (autoclean) parport_pc 23024 1 (autoclean) lp 5296 0 (autoclean) parport 24576 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp] via686a 8832 0 (unused) eeprom 3024 0 (unused) lm80 5456 0 (unused) adm1021 5456 0 (unused) sensors 6016 0 [via686a eeprom lm80 adm1021] i2c-isa 1184 0 (unused) i2c-viapro 3648 0 (unused) i2c-core 12592 0 [via686a eeprom lm80 adm1021 sensors i2c-isa i2c-viapro] aic7xxx 106336 0 emu10k1 44384 0 soundcore 3504 4 [emu10k1] autofs 9232 0 (autoclean) (unused) af_packet 11280 1 (autoclean) 3c59x 24640 2 (autoclean) ipt_REJECT 1888 2 (autoclean) ipt_limit 864 11 (autoclean) mousedev 3936 1 usbmouse 1792 0 (unused) ipt_state 576 13 (autoclean) input 3232 0 [mousedev usbmouse] ipt_LOG 3120 11 ip_conntrack_ftp 1856 0 (unused) iptable_mangle 1680 0 (autoclean) (unused) usb-uhci 20672 0 (unused) usbcore 47248 1 [usbmouse usb-uhci] ide-scsi 7568 1 iptable_filter 1696 0 (autoclean) (unused) ipt_MASQUERADE 1104 1 (autoclean) iptable_nat 11616 0 [ipt_MASQUERADE] ip_conntrack 12096 3 [ipt_state ip_conntrack_ftp ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat] ip_tables 10528 10 [ipt_REJECT ipt_limit ipt_state ipt_LOG iptable_mangle iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE iptable_nat] nls_iso8859-1 2848 2 (autoclean) nls_cp850 3584 1 (autoclean) vfat 9040 1 (autoclean) fat 30720 0 (autoclean) [vfat] supermount 32496 4 (autoclean) sd_mod 11048 0 (unused) scsi_mod 86036 5 [sr_mod sg aic7xxx ide-scsi sd_mod]
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