Re: [gentoo-user] openrc & modules args

[Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org>]

On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 08:35 +0200, gigli wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I upgraded to openrc on my gentoo system, i use it as a mythbackend + 
> desktop. I need to pass an argument to the module dvb_usb_dib0700 to 
> activate the low noise amplifier, but i can't get it to work. 
> /etc/conf.d/modules looks like this
> 
> # You can define a list modules for a specific kernel version,
> # a released kernel version, a main kernel version or just a list.
> #modules_2_6_23_gentoo_r5="ieee1394 ohci1394"
> modules_2_6="powernow-k8 dvb_usb_dib0700 cpufreq_ondemand"
> 
> # Give the modules some arguments if needed, per version if necessary.
> module_dvb_usb_dib0700_args="force_lna_activation=1"
> 
> # You should consult your kernel documentation and configuration
> # for a list of modules and their options.
> 
> 
> What am i doing wrong. The old /etc/modules.d/options does not work i guess?

I think it's a openrc problem.  I had a similar problem and I *think*
it's because udev was loading the module before openrc and so the
module_*_args did not apply.  Putting the options in /etc/modules.d/*
and running modules-update (aka "the old way") seems to have fixed it
for me.

-a