Silent booting

[Adi Linden]

Hi,

I have a box here with the National Semi chipset which uses the pci-scan
module as well. Here are the pci-scan modules in the kernel rpms:

[root@big Embedded_Build]# rpm -qpl RPMS/kernel-full-2.2.17-6.i386.rpm |
grep pci-scan
/lib/modules/2.2.17-full/net/pci-scan.o

[root@big Embedded_Build]# rpm -qpl RPMS/kernel-basic-2.2.17-6.i386.rpm |
grep pci-scan
/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/pci-scan.o

I tried the natsemi.o module and I did have to do:

   insmod pci-scan
   insmod natsemi

This worked just fine. Trying to load natsemi without the pci-scan driver
resulted in the same errors you reported.

I am just working on a fresh compile of the kernel rpms. I intend to add
the devfs patch and daemon for 2.2.17. This should allow for an easier way
to build a read-only rootfs plus save considerable space.

I am considering removing the netdriver patch which adds the new network
drivers requiring pci-scan and creating it as a seperate package (similar
to emlog and the rl2 driver). That way the default kernel(s) included with
PeeWeeLinux wouldn't require pci-scan to be loaded.

As far as the lilo prompt, no, there is currently no way to add additional
lilo paramters using pwlconfig. Looking at pwlconfig, I think it should be
possible to add a couple of parameters like:

Ramdisk File Name: "ramdisk"
Initrd File Name: "initrd"
--- Boot loader options ---
Boot Label: "linux"
Boot Prompt Timeout: "0"
VGA Mode: "normal"
Boot Option 1:
Boot Option 2:
--- floppy ---

The Boot Option 1|2 would allow for custom options to be enterred. I'll
play with that and release an updated peeweelinux-*-cfg.tar.gz package if
it works (and doesn't break any previous configurations).

TTYL,
Adi



On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Dean Brown wrote:

> Ok,
> 
> Several problems here. First off, there is no pci-scan.o module anywhere
> in the pwl distribution that I've been able to find. Searching the
> available packages for pci-scan or pci-scan.o or pci-scan* returns a not
> found. 
> 
> Searching the filesystem rooted at the Embedded_Builds directory found a
> pci-scan.{c|h|o} in the ./src/BUILDS/2.2.17/net path. Copying the .o
> file to the /lib/modules/2.2.17/net/ directory and modifying the
> /etc/rc.modules file to load the pci-scan module results in an error at
> boot time of "/lib/modules/2.2.17/net/pci-scan.o: couldn't find the
> kernel version the module was compiled for".
> 
> I am using the 2.2.17 kernel.
> 
> On another note, entering linux debug=0 at the lilo prompt does indeed
> suppress all the kernel spew. Is there any way to add additional
> parameters to the lilo.conf created during the load process without
> requiring lilo to be manually installed?
> 
> Thanks again for you help.
> 
> Adi Linden wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Some of the network modules require a pci driver to be installed. The
> > module to load prior to the rtl8139, tulip, natsemi or via-rhine driver is
> > pci-scan. Now, that module was supposed to be loaded automatically when
> > one of those network drivers is loaded.
> > 
> > Try doing
> > 
> > insmod pci-scan
> > insmod rtl8139
> > 
> > I'll dig up the email with the silent.patch instructions and forward it to
> > you.
> > 
> > This got me thinking about the kernel compile process... maybe I'll make
> > the updated network drivers and option (independend package) rather than a
> > kernel patch...
> > 
> > TTYL,
> > Adi

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