Hi, I have compiled kernel modules, I want to load it at boot time without using insmod in startup script. I tried by adding the module name in /etc/modules, but it didn’t work. Can anyone suggest?

FYI, after adding a module, one would typically run the command “sudo depmod -a” to have the modules.conf update. Having that done would (in theory) set it up such that an attempt to run software needing that module would cause the module to self load. There are things which can get in the way of th…

Load modules without startup script

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson TX2

ozguryildiz June 14, 2021, 10:34am 2

Hi @kumar.yogarajah ,

We have discussed similar subject before. You can use “Startup Applications Preferences”. Just type like

insmod <module_name>

The topic is here.

Regards.

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