Re: auto loading of scsi drivers

From: Bob van der Poel (bvdpoel@uniserve.com)
Date: Sat Apr 01 2000 - 16:06:16 PST

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    As a followup to my orginal plea for help...it now works!

    The problem was that I didn't have a /dev/scanner. I linked /dev/sga to
    /dev/scanner and the module loading now works. Seems that my older
    installation did have the link; the existing one didn't.

    Bob van der Poel wrote:
    >
    > Karl Heinz Kremer wrote:
    > >
    > > > > >
    > > > > > I can use 'modprobe aha152x' and all works.
    > > [ ... ]
    > > >
    > > > Unfortunately, it doesn't make any difference how many times I try
    > > the
    > > > command. Just get the same error message.
    > > >
    > > > I'm wondering if I need a alias in the conf.modules file?
    > >
    > > Do you have a line:
    > >
    > > alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
    > >
    > > in your modules.conf file? If not, you should try it with
    > > this line. This tells the modules system that if something
    > > wants access the SCSI system the host adapter driver for the
    > > aha152x needs to be loades. Otherwise the system does not
    > > "know" which adapter is installed.
    >
    > Well, I didn't. I do now in conf.modules (I even rebooted the system,
    > and I'm not sure if this is necessary to do or not??)
    >
    > alias scsi_hostadapter aha152x
    > post-install sg modprobe aha152x
    > options aha152x aha152x=0x140,9
    >
    > But it makes no difference. Still get the 'no devices' error message.
    > Doesn't appear to be anything useful in the log files either.
    >
    > I can now do a 'modprobe scsi_hostadpter' instead of 'modprobe aha152x'
    > and then run xsane. So, the alias command is taking effect. But, still
    > no auto-magic! Other suggestions?
    >

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