complex module loading under 2.6.x

[Gregory Nowak]

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Hi all.

I'm trying to auto-load 2 modules under a 2.6.x kernel via modprobe.conf.

The first module needs to have parameters passed to it, and the second
depends on the first to be already loaded.

In /etc/modprobe.conf, I have:

alias char-major-62-64 ltmodem
options ltmodem 3,0x00ec,0x2f8,0

and this part works fine, since the ltmodem module auto-loads when
it's needed.

The problem I'm having is loading the ltserial module, which needs to
be loaded right after ltmodem, and which doesn't require
parameters. I've tried a couple of things. First, after the options
line given above, I put:

install ltmodem /sbin/modprobe ltserial

, but that just threw modprobe into a loop.

Then, I deleted that line, and changed the alias line given above to
say:

alias char-major-62-64 ltmodem ltserial

, however, only the ltmodem module loads.

Can someone please explain how to do what I want? I know it's
possible, I'm just not understanding how modprobe.conf works
apparently. Thanks in advance for any help.

Greg


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