On Fri, Jun 03, 2016 at 10:02:02PM +0530, Muni Sekhar wrote: > Hi, > > I see lot of modalias files under /sys directory. > > For e.g: > > # cat /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.0/0000:02:00.0/modalias > > pci:v00001556d00005555sv00004000sd00000000bc08sc05i01 > > > > I would like to know which part of the kernel module creates sysfs > modalias file? The kernel bus code for the device that the bus is on creates this. For this example, the PCI bus code does this work. > How does udev load modules dynamically when a new device is added? The book, "Linux Device Drivers, version 3", free online, has a whole section on this, I suggest reading it. > Where should I look for default udev rules? In the udev or systemd package on your machine. Specific ways to do this depends on your distro. greg k-h _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
