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jasonwryan

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Modules for EeePC 901 [Solved]

I have recently got Arch up an running on my 901 EeePC (my first non-virtual Arch machine) with the stock kernel & it is setup beautifully.

I would like to speed the boot time up by disabling auto-loading of modules, but the list on the wiki http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Asu … C_901#udev significantly decreases the boot time but doesn't have all the functionality once it boots (trackpad and hot-plugging don't work, for example).

Does anyone have a list of the modules that they use that they are willing to share?

I have tried googling the names of the modules from lsmod after an auto-load boot to work out which ones are critical, but trial and error isn't working for me at this stage...

Cheers,

Last edited by jasonwryan (2009-06-12 00:53:24)

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torpe23

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From: Paris, France

Registered: 2009-06-11

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Re: Modules for EeePC 901 [Solved]

Just for info, how much is your time of udev for the eepc901 ?
On my desktop computer, udev takes 3 secondes while on my eeepc, udev takes 7 secondes...

Blind

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Re: Modules for EeePC 901 [Solved]

My EeePc udev time is below 2 seconds.
What probably takes the time for you guys is the eee_laptop module.
The trick is to blacklist it in rc.conf, and then load it manually in the background in rc.local.

Good luck.

jasonwryan

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Re: Modules for EeePC 901 [Solved]

Thanks Blind,

I can blacklist it in rc.conf, but would you help a brother out & explain how to load it in the background in rc.local? (I have looked through the wiki & google, but am none the wiser...)

I tried

modprobe eee_laptop

in rc.local, but it made no difference.

[Update] OK: I'm an idiot. I tried it again, this time as

modprobe eeepc_laptop

and there was considerable improvement in the boot speed.

For the record: with a stock kernel (2.6.29), my current rc.conf:

MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MODULES=(fuse !eeepc_laptop !snd_pcsp)

And rc.local:

modprobe eeepc_laptop

Last edited by jasonwryan (2009-06-11 22:28:13)

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Blind

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Re: Modules for EeePC 901 [Solved]

I just upgrade the wiki:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Asu … C_901#udev

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