>> This is a question that arose from a older kernel ( 2.6.21 ) but I think >> it's generic to all kernels. Actually this might not a question on the >> kernel itself at all. So here it goes, >> >> I'm using a USB 3G modem with this kernel. The system loads three >> modules for it: pl2303, option and usbserial. Problem is, it looks like >> the order or loading is different ( I'm judging this by the order they >> appear in lsmod output): >> >> Sometimes, lsmod says: >> pl2303 18628 0 >> option 9664 0 >> usbserial 28296 2 pl2303,option >> >> And sometimes, it says: >> option 9664 0 >> pl2303 18628 0 >> usbserial 28296 2 option,pl2303 >> >> Problem is, if option is before pl2303, the device won't work properly. >> So my question is: who decides which is loaded first, or, why does lsmod >> give different order? > > It's random and there is no way to specify the order unless you make one > module a dependancy of the other. Isn't modules.dep file take care of this? > And for these modules, they should not be dependant on each other, so > you can't do that. It does I guess. In my system, the modules.dep has, kernel/drivers/usb/serial/pl2303.ko: kernel/drivers/usb/serial/usbserial.ko Doesn't it mean that pl2303 is dependent on usbserial? - Thanks, Vikram _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
