I've never understood how you manage kernel modules at boot time

[Mike Oliver]

Quoting "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday-L09J2beyid0N/H6P543EQg at public.gmane.org>:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Mike Oliver wrote:
>> OK, this is the exact spot where neither the documentation nor anyone
>> else ever seems to explain what's going on.  Exactly *why* does
>> "something try to open a /dev node for major 195"?  How can I predict
>> that that's going to happen -- or make it happen if it otherwise wouldn't --
>> so
>> that the alias command will make the module load?
>
> i'm not sure if this is addressing your question, but you *seem* to be
> asking exactly what it is that attempts to create a special device
> file.  is *that* what you're asking?

Possibly.  If you would be kind enough to answer that question, I might
be able to figure out whether it's the one I'm asking.

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