[ltp] ibm_acpi and modprobe.conf

[Ben Jencks]

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honey@gneek.com writes:

> OK - as suggested here, I really like having the added sensors
> available in gkrellm >=3D 2.2.6 (2.2.7 is in Fedora development for any
> FC4 users) and installing ibm-acpi 0.11.  Works well, but I need to
> add the module with experimental=3D1 and hotkey=3Denable,0100.  Instead
> of doing this the ugly way by loading manually in rc.local, I thought
> I could do this the proper way in modprobe.conf with:
>
> options ibm_acpi hotkey=3Denable,0100 experimental=3D1
>
> - I've also tried ibm-acpi (not the underscore), and putting the
> options on two separate lines, but the module always loads when first
> booted without these options enabled, so the sensors aren't
> available - so I have to load it manually.  What's the proper way of
> doing this in modprobe.conf?  Or why isn't it working?  I've checked
> it's loading the newer ibm-acpi with modinfo, so the old one
> integrated in the kernel isn't an issue.
>
> Anyone else specifying ibm-acpi options successfully in
> modprobe.conf?

Does your distro use an initrd? If so, it could be loading the module
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you'd need to either delay loading until after initrd, or get
modules.conf into the initrd. I don't know which is easier.
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Ben
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