Loading a module during startup (not initrd)

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Mat wrote:
> Greetings Fedora users.
> 
> I'm currently upgrading a machine from an oooold version of Fedora (core
> 3) to current. I'm up to FC4 at this point.
> I have a I2O raid controller that was working fine in FC3 but for which
> no module gets loaded at startup in FC4. Loading the i2o_block module
> manually works though.
> I don't need the module loaded in the initrd as this isn't for the root
> partition, but I can't for the life of me remember how to load it during
> startup (before my /data partition gets mounted obviously).
> I suppose it's somewhere in modprobe.conf, but beside that...
> 
> In case it matters, here's the output from lspci -v for this card:
> 
> 05:02.1 I2O: Adaptec (formerly DPT) SmartRAID V Controller (rev 02)
> (prog-if 01)
>    Subsystem: Adaptec (formerly DPT) 2400A UDMA Four Channel
>    Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 225
>    BIST result: 00
>    Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
>    [virtual] Expansion ROM at dfb00000 [disabled] [size=32K]
>    Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
> 
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated! :)
> 
> 
One way would be a script in /etc/sysconfig/modules. Another way
would be an alias in /etc/modprobe.conf. The script is probably the
easier way to go. I am not sure what you would alias the RAID
controller as.

Mikkel
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