#5 GPIB Drivers do not load at Boot

[Anonymous]

Contact: bm_oney@hotmail.com

Running RHEL4.0 base kernel for evaluation (2.6.9-
5.ELsmp)
SuperMicro P4DP6 Motherboard
2.4GHz Xeon CPU
2.5GB Memory
National Instruments PCI-GPIB/TNT
Linux GPIB Driver 3.2.0.5

Driver compiled and installed correctly with no errors.
I added the correct lines to /etc/modprobe.conf from the
INSTALL file

After significant troubleshooting I have added the
following lines to modprobe.conf to try to get the device
drivers to load at boot strap:

/etc/modprobe.conf
alias char-major-160 gpib_common
alias gpib0 tnt4882
install gpib_common /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
gpib_common ; /bin/sleep 5
install nec7210 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
nec7210 ; /bin/sleep 5
install tnt4882 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
tnt4882; /bin/sleep 5 ; /usr/local/sbin/gpib_config --minor
0 ; /bin/chmod 666 /dev/gpib*

But it still does not load. The 5 second waits seem to
be important or the chmod command occurs before
the /dev/gpib* character devices are written. However, if
I execute the command:
modprobe -v gpib_common; modprobe -v nec7210 ;
modprobe -v tnt4882
I get the following output and all required modules are
loaded:
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
gpib_common ; /bin/sleep 5
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-
5.ELsmp/gpib/gpib_common.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install
nec7210 ; /bin/sleep 5
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-5.ELsmp/gpib/nec7210.ko
install /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install tnt4882; /bin/sleep
5 ; /usr/local/sbin/gpib_config --minor 0 ; /bin/chmod
666 /dev/gpib*
insmod /lib/modules/2.6.9-5.ELsmp/gpib/tnt4882.ko