On Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:09:36 -0700, Steven Grace wrote: >> the wiki explains kernel modules here: >> >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_modules > >I'd read the wiki page previously; it doesn't explain the details of >what I'm looking for. It indicates that "Today, all necessary modules >loading is handled automatically by udev..." but I haven't been able >to find out *how* module loading is done by udev. "Extra kernel modules to be loaded during boot are configured as a static list in files under /etc/modules-load.d/." $ ls -hAl /etc/modules-load.d/ total 0 Some modules should be part of /etc/mkinitcpio.conf. $ grep MOD /etc/mkinitcpio.conf | grep -v "#" MODULES="radeon" However to get the snd modules loaded there's nothing to do. $ zgrep SEQ /proc/config.gz CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER=m CONFIG_SND_SEQ_DUMMY=m CONFIG_SND_SEQUENCER_OSS=y CONFIG_SND_SEQ_HRTIMER_DEFAULT=y CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI_SEQ=m CONFIG_SND_OPL3_LIB_SEQ=m # CONFIG_SND_OPL4_LIB_SEQ is not set # CONFIG_SND_SBAWE_SEQ is not set CONFIG_SND_EMU10K1_SEQ=m CONFIG_CRYPTO_SEQIV=m $ uname -r ; lsmod | grep snd_seq 3.10.61-rt65-1-rt-lts snd_seq_device 6545 1 snd_rawmidi snd 74970 12 snd_ice1712,snd_ac97_codec,snd_hdspm,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_i2c,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_ak4xxx_adda,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_device,snd_cs8427 IOW the MIDI related modules are snd_seq_device snd_rawmidi snd_mpu401_uart there also isn't a module snd_seq_midi loaded on my MIDI and audio production machine. $ lsmod | grep snd_seq_midi $ Regards, Ralf PS: For what is the module needed? $ sudo modprobe snd_seq_midi $ lsmod | grep snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi 5452 0 snd_seq_midi_event 7407 1 snd_seq_midi snd_seq 56506 2 snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq_midi snd_rawmidi 22911 3 snd_hdspm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi snd_seq_device 6545 3 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_midi
