udev - aliases in modules.conf ignored?

[iTux]

Hi,

I switched from devfs to udev. However, some modules that were getting loaded through an alias line in modules.conf are no longer getting loaded.

On my PC, to get to the internet, the ppp_generic modules do not get loaded although I have:
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
in modules.conf.

And the ppp is complaining about missing /dev/ppp (so it is requesting it). Loading the module manually via modprobe works fine.

I have a similar problem on my PowerPC (that I switched first to udev) with the sound modules:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=256417


Any idea?

Thanks,
iTux

[dsd]

when you were using devfs, devfs loaded the ppp_generic driver when you tried to access /dev/ppp

this type of behaviour caused problems and udev deliberately avoids this kind of functionality.
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[iTux]