Re: [gentoo-user] /etc/modules.d how to understand

["Kent Fredric" <kentfredric@gmail.com>]

On 7/17/07, Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to understand the "magic" of files in /etc/modules.d
> How to write such an 'alias' line.
> Can anybody point me to a HowTo?
>
> E.g. in kernel 2.6.22 there is no more an option to select
> a USB-WACOM tablet input.
> I've built the kernel module from the linuxwacom project,
> but what's the right way to load the module.
> (I could do an explicit insmod in /etc/conf.d/local.start
>  but that's not the canonical solution, isn't it.)
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Helmut Jarausch


I don't know how 'right' this is, but I just'd

echo wacom >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

But like Ian says, its there in .22, you just have to look harder. :)


isengard devious # modinfo wacom
filename:
/lib/modules/2.6.22-gentoo-r1kz/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/wacom.ko
license:        GPL
description:    USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
author:         Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
license:        GPL
description:    USB Wacom Graphire and Wacom Intuos tablet driver
author:         Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@ucw.cz>
srcversion:     3869A1CC72D9632ABD76D1D


 zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i wacom
CONFIG_TABLET_USB_WACOM=m



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