[gentoo-user] preventing a module from being loaded

[gentoo-user] preventing a module from being loaded

[marco restelli]

Hi list,
   I have just upgraded to udev-104-r9.

Now, at boot, the module bcm43xx is loaded, while
I have been using ndiswrapper. I have thus to do
the following:

modprobe -r ndiswrapper
modprobe -r bcm43xx
modprobe ndiswrapper

My question is: how can I prevent bcm43xx from
being loaded? (Adding bcm43xx to
/etc/hotplug/blacklist does not seem to work.)

Thank you
   Marco
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[gentoo-user] Re: preventing a module from being loaded

[Remy Blank]

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marco restelli wrote:
> Now, at boot, the module bcm43xx is loaded, while
> I have been using ndiswrapper.

I had the same problem here. You can block the automatic loading of the
module by udev as follows:

Find out the module alias used by udev:

  cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/modalias

(Replace wlan0 by the name of your interface). Here this gives:

  pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00

Create the file /etc/modules.d/blacklist with the following content:

  alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00 off

(Use the alias you got with the command above). Then run modules-update.

Easy, isn't it? ;-)

-- Remy


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[gentoo-user] Re: preventing a module from being loaded

[Remy Blank]

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(Sorry if this appears twice, but I sent the message three hours ago and
it hasn't appeared on the list yet)

marco restelli wrote:
> Now, at boot, the module bcm43xx is loaded, while
> I have been using ndiswrapper.

I had the same problem here. You can block the automatic loading of the
module by udev as follows:

Find out the module alias used by udev:

  cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/modalias

(Replace wlan0 by the name of your interface). Here this gives:

  pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00

Create the file /etc/modules.d/blacklist with the following content:

  alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00 off

(Use the alias you got with the command above). Then run modules-update.

Easy, isn't it? ;-)

-- Remy


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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: preventing a module from being loaded

[marco restelli]

On 2/10/07, Remy Blank <remy.blank@pobox.com> wrote:
> (Sorry if this appears twice, but I sent the message three hours ago and
> it hasn't appeared on the list yet)
>
> marco restelli wrote:
> > Now, at boot, the module bcm43xx is loaded, while
> > I have been using ndiswrapper.
>
> I had the same problem here. You can block the automatic loading of the
> module by udev as follows:
>
> Find out the module alias used by udev:
>
>   cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/modalias
>
> (Replace wlan0 by the name of your interface). Here this gives:
>
>   pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00
>
> Create the file /etc/modules.d/blacklist with the following content:
>
>   alias pci:v000014E4d00004324sv00001028sd00000003bc02sc80i00 off
>
> (Use the alias you got with the command above). Then run modules-update.

Remy, it works. Thanks very much.

>
> Easy, isn't it? ;-)

Uh, I am glad we have this great mailing list and great community!
    Marco
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Re: [gentoo-user] preventing a module from being loaded

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:58:48 +0100, marco restelli wrote:

> Now, at boot, the module bcm43xx is loaded, while
> I have been using ndiswrapper.

If you would really prefer to run Windows code as root instead of using
the open source driver, why not compile your kernel without bcm43xx in the
first place?


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