How do I configure modprobe to find my module

Question

I m trying to get a kernel module to load at boot   If I run insmod  path to module ko  it works fine  But this has to be repeated every time I reboot   If I run modprobe  path to module ko  it can t find the module  I know modprobe uses a configuration file  but I can t get it to load the module even after adding  path to module ko to  etc modules   What is the proper configuration

User · Accepted Answer

You can make a symbolic link of your module to the standard path, so depmod will see it and you'll be able load it as any other module.

sudo ln -s /path/to/module.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`
sudo depmod -a
sudo modprobe module

If you add the module name to /etc/modules it will be loaded any time you boot.

Anyway I think that the proper configuration is to copy the module to the standard paths.

User · Answer

I think the key is to copy the module to the standard paths   Once that is done  modprobe only accepts the module name  so leave off the path and   ko  extension

User · Answer

Follow following steps         Copy hello ko to  lib modules  uname-r  misc    Add misc hello ko entry in  lib modules  uname-r  modules dep   sudo depmod   sudo modprobe hello      modprobe will check modules dep file for any dependency

User · Answer

Follow following steps         Copy hello ko to  lib modules  uname-r  misc    Add misc hello ko entry in  lib modules  uname-r  modules dep   sudo depmod   sudo modprobe hello      modprobe will check modules dep file for any dependency

User · Answer

I think the key is to copy the module to the standard paths   Once that is done  modprobe only accepts the module name  so leave off the path and   ko  extension

User · Answer

I think the key is to copy the module to the standard paths   Once that is done  modprobe only accepts the module name  so leave off the path and   ko  extension

User · Answer

I think the key is to copy the module to the standard paths   Once that is done  modprobe only accepts the module name  so leave off the path and   ko  extension

[kernel] How do I configure modprobe to find my module?

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