how to load ethertap module during boot

Hi,

if I want to do an ifconfig tap0 it fails. I first have to do an "modprobe
ethertap" even though /etc/modprobe.conf contains an entry "alias tap0
ethertap"

Is there some configuration to modify in order to make sure ethertap gets
loaded?

Chrisstian

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:37:08 +0200, Christian Barmala
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if I want to do an ifconfig tap0 it fails. I first have to do an "modprobe
> ethertap" even though /etc/modprobe.conf contains an entry "alias tap0
> ethertap"
>
> Is there some configuration to modify in order to make sure ethertap gets
> loaded?
>
/etc/modules


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Hi Bill,

On Monday, March 28, 2005 11:25 PM "Bill Marcum" wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:37:08 +0200, Christian Barmala wrote:
>> Is there some configuration to modify in order to make sure ethertap gets
>> loaded?
> /etc/modules

There is no /etc/modules in SuSE Linux. There is a directory /lib/modules
and an empty file /etc/modules.conf. Adding "ethertap" to modules.conf
doesn't help. What did you intend to add?

Christian

"Kevin Brown" wrote:
> My favourite way of loading a module w/ SuSE on boot is adding:
> /sbin/modprobe ethertap
> to the end of /etc/rc.d/boot.local

rc.d is a symlink to init.d. Adding a command to boot.local is a last resort
if everything else fails. I suppose however that /etc/moduls.conf and
modprobe.conf are there for a reason and I hope there is a way to make them
do what they are supposed to do.

Christian

My favourite way of loading a module w/ SuSE on boot is adding:

/sbin/modprobe ethertap

to the end of /etc/rc.d/boot.local
if boot.local does not exist, you might have /etc/rc.d/rc.local

Change ethertap to whatever module you need loaded.

Christian Barmala wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> On Monday, March 28, 2005 11:25 PM "Bill Marcum" wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 21:37:08 +0200, Christian Barmala wrote:
>>
>>>Is there some configuration to modify in order to make sure ethertap gets
>>>loaded?
>>
>>/etc/modules
>
>
> There is no /etc/modules in SuSE Linux. There is a directory /lib/modules
> and an empty file /etc/modules.conf. Adding "ethertap" to modules.conf
> doesn't help. What did you intend to add?
>
> Christian
>
>
>