bug#346: Module autoprobing (e.g. apm module and /proc/apm)

Seth David Schoen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.bugs
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Package: linux

I tried "cat /proc/apm", and it didn't work (it said there was no such
file); then I did "modprobe apm; cat /proc/apm" and it worked fine.

We've recently made several things into modules which had previously
been built into the kernel.  This experience makes me concerned that
some things won't autoprobe.  Which modules should autoprobe and what
needs to be done to make them do so?

At a minimum, I'd like "cat /proc/apm" to result in the APM module
being autoprobed before this bug is closed, but I'd prefer to see a
more general solution.

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