Re: Modules load order

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On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 05:30:53PM +0200, luca ellero wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> maybe this is not really related to kernel. Anyway I would like to know in 
> which order udev loads module drivers.
> I mean, if there is a driver that works for a specific USB device and a 
> more generic USB class driver for the same device, which one will be 
> loaded.
> I think that it is loaded the first found in:
> /lib/modules/<kernel version>/modules.alias
> but I'm not really sure.

Both will be loaded by modprobe, and who ever gets there first will win.
Yeah, it's not pretty, sorry, we have blacklists in class drivers to
handle this issue if you happen to have a vendor specific driver you
wish to run instead.

hope this helps,

greg k-h

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