Load kernel module on startup (Angstrom)

[dmt3]

Hi All,

I am trying to load a kernel module that I have for a customized SPI driver I wrote. I have read about various ways to do it including using /etc/modules but can't seem to get it work. I ended up hacking it by just adding a script to /etc/init.d and using to update-rc.d to create the init script links, which does work... but I'm trying to really figure out the "correct" way to do it?

I am running Linux kernel 2.6.36. Thanks.

[sdousley]

There's a couple of ways.

On my Gentoo install, you can simply add the module name to:

/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6

and it should load on boot.

alternatively, you can add the loadmodule command to /etc/rc.local, which gets called every boot time.