[Question] How to automatically load a driver (insmod)?

[Hiromatsu]

Hello everyone,

 

I am struggling with a proplem.

In the /lib/modules/ folders there is a mpt3sas.ko

This is the driver file for my HBA (LSI 9300 8i)

 

I can SSH into my box and load it manually via: insmod /lib/modules/mpt3sas.ko

But apparantly I am too stupid to find a way to automatically load the ko file during the boot up sequence.

 

Can anybody help?

 

If its important: I am running my box on ESXi 6.0 with the controller passed through.

[Trantor]

The mpt3sas will be automatically load at boot in next release.

 

You can easily edit /etc/rc.local and add your insmod command to load the mtp3sas.ok module

[Hiromatsu]

The mpt3sas will be automatically load at boot in next release.

 

You can easily edit /etc/rc.local and add your insmod command to load the mtp3sas.ok module

 

Thank you very much @Trantor

 

Sorry for not telling right away what kind of newbie I am:

 

So I browsed for the rc.local file, but there isn't any

 

Can I just create one?

Or do I have to follow a special procedure?

 

something like (I googled this but it is made for Fedora)

su -

(root password)

touch /etc/rc.local

chmod +x /etc/rc.local

(add the insmod)

 

systemctl enable rc-local.service

 

 

And what content does the rc.local need to have?

Is it sufficient to just have:

 

#!/bin/sh

# Copyright © 2000-2014 Synology Inc. All rights reserved.

 

insmod /lib/modules/mpt3sas.ko

 

 

 

Does this file needs to be in etc only or in etc.defaults too?

 

Thank you

[snoopy78]

try like that...

 

cp mpt3sas.ko /lib/modules/mpt3sas.ko (do this from where you stored the .ko into your sys)

echo "insmod /lib/modules/mpt3sas.ko" >> /etc/rc.local

 

of course you need to put the file 1st into correct dir

[Hiromatsu]

Thank you very much my friend.

It worked.