> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2021 11:46 AM
> To: Nikolova, Tatyana E <tatyana.e.nikolova@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: dledford@xxxxxxxxxx; leon@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-rdma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] irdma: Add ice and irdma to kernel-boot rules
>
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2021 at 11:33:04PM +0000, Nikolova, Tatyana E wrote:
> > > > @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ENV{ID_NET_DRIVER}=="bnxt_en",
> > > RUN{builtin}+="kmod load bnxt_re"
> > > > ENV{ID_NET_DRIVER}=="cxgb4", RUN{builtin}+="kmod load iw_cxgb4"
> > > > ENV{ID_NET_DRIVER}=="hns", RUN{builtin}+="kmod load hns_roce"
> > > > ENV{ID_NET_DRIVER}=="i40e", RUN{builtin}+="kmod load i40iw"
> > > > +ENV{ID_NET_DRIVER}=="ice", RUN{builtin}+="kmod load irdma"
> > >
> > > This should not be needed, right? The auxbux stuff triggers proper
> > > module autoloading?
> >
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > Our module depends on the auxbus, but we don't know how the auxbus
> > could trigger loading of irdma. Could you please explain?
>
> It should simply happen automatically once the aux device is created. If it
> doesn't something is missing in the kernel.
>
> It works the same way as any loading a module for any other struct device,
> the aux device exposes a modalias and the userspace matches it to the
> modules.alias file and then loads the specified module.
Thank you for the explanation. The modalias is exposed by the aux device as you described.
Tatyana
