Re: Linux 2.5.5-dj3 - modprobe psmouse

Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech@suse.cz)
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 15:42:05 +0100

On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 04:55:49PM -0800, Ben Clifford wrote:
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> Another one...
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> modprobe psmouse
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> doesn't trigger a modprobe of i8042
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> I don't know if you think this should happen in kernel code, or if it
> should be in modules.conf...

They don't depend on each other symbol-wise, and psmouse can work with
other i8042-like interfaces (like ct82c710.o or sun8042.o), so it can't
modprobe that automatically. Add the needed lines to your modules.conf.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs
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