--- Parameshwara Bhat <peebhat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello List, > > My modem driver-needed to be built from > source-created device nodes like > /dev/slamr0 ,/dev/slusb0.When I rebooted I found > these nodes cleared and 8> the daemon slmodemd dead. Use as superuser $ su - psswd ****** run # ungrab-winmodem # modprobe slamr # cp /dev/slamr0 /etc/udev/devices and/or # cp /dev/slusb0 /etc/udev/devices > > I also need to install modules ungrab-winmodem and > slamr in that order and > I have put them in /etc/modprobe.conf in that > order.If the order is > reversed,slamr is grabbed by the kernel.But on > rebooting,I found in the > messages slamr grabbed by the kernel.Obviuosly, > module slamr got loaded > first. > > It appears there is some process earlier which loads > slamr module prior to > the processing of /etc/modprobe.conf. You do not need to include it in /etc/modprobe.conf. It is not needed with kernels > 2.6. > > The sequence I want is, > 1.Load ungrab module > 2.load slamr module > 3.run init process /etc/init.d/slmodemd > > This used to occur in this sequence in FC1 through > FC2. I am having > persistent problem in FC4. > > My knowledge of Boot process is not well enough to > figure out what's going > wrong. > Things changed a bit with ungrab-winmodem kernels > 2.6.10, and udev since FC3. Autoloading of drivers changed somewhat. Try to use the script that follows. In case you have trouble, please send another email. > > Thanks, > > Parameshwara Bhat > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Modify the following /etc/init.d/slmodem, to suit your needs. [olivares@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/init.d/slmodemd #!/bin/sh # # slmodemd: Starts the SmartLink Modem Daemon # # chkconfig: 345 90 10 # description: This is the user space part of the SmartLink Modem driver # processname: slmodemd # config: /etc/sysconfig/slmodem # Source function library. . /etc/init.d/functions prog=slmodemd RETVAL=0 # Default configuration SLMODEMD_DEVICE=slamr0 SLMODEMD_COUNTRY=USA # Source configuration CONFIG=/etc/sysconfig/$prog if [ -f $CONFIG ]; then . $CONFIG # override default group and permissions if defined in $CONFIG; # other valid options also can be put into SLMODEMD_OPTS variable [ "$GROUP" ] && SLMODEMD_OPTS="$SLMODEMD_OPTS --group=$GROUP" [ "$PERMS" ] && SLMODEMD_OPTS="$SLMODEMD_OPTS --perm=$PERMS" fi # uncomment this if you want this feature (if necessary edit module pattern): # do not try to start on a kernel which does not support it # grep -q 'slamr\..*o' /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep || exit 0 start() { cat /proc/modules | grep 'ungrab-winmodem' >/dev/null || { echo -n "Ungrabbing winmodem from kernel ... " modprobe ungrab-winmodem && echo "done." || { echo "failed." exit -1 } } modprobe slamr rmmod slamr sleep 3 cat /proc/modules | grep 'slamr' >/dev/null || { echo -n "Loading SmartLink Modem driver into kernel ... " modprobe slamr && echo "done." || { echo "failed." exit -1 } } echo -n "Starting SmartLink Modem driver for $SLMODEMD_DEVICE: " $prog </dev/null >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \ --country=$SLMODEMD_COUNTRY $SLMODEMD_OPTS /dev/$SLMODEMD_DEVICE & RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $"$prog startup" || failure $"$prog startup" echo [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch /var/lock/subsys/$prog return $RETVAL } stop() { echo -n "Shutting down SmartLink Modem driver: " killproc $prog RETVAL=$? [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog return $RETVAL } # See how we were called. case "$1" in start) start ;; stop) stop ;; status) status $prog RETVAL=$? ;; restart|reload) stop start RETVAL=$? ;; condrestart) if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/$prog ]; then stop start RETVAL=$? fi ;; *) echo "*** Usage: $prog {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart}" exit 1 esac exit $RETVAL [olivares@localhost ~]$ Hope this helps, Antonio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
