How do you configure module options in Solus (want to add usb storage quirks)?

karypid

Hello,

I need to configure the usb-storage module to add some quirks for a device. In various web references I found that this is done by editing /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage.conf to add some lines that are used to configure module loading parameters.

For example, see these Arch linux instructions

I noticed that there is no /etc/modprobe.d folder in my Solus system. How does Solus control passing options to modules? The line I would be adding to modprob.d is:

options usb-storage quirks=059f:1060:fk

Also, is there a way to confirm what options were passed to a module? I know I can list loaded modules with:

$ lsmod | grep usb_storage
usb_storage            77824  1 uas
usbcore               294912  6 xhci_hcd,usbhid,usb_storage,btusb,xhci_pci,uas

If I add the options, would these show up here?

Thanks!

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karypid
You have to add a config file to /etc/kernel/cmdline.d/ and add your custom paramters there, for example:

sudo echo 'usb-storage.quirks=174c:55aa:u,0bda:9210:u' | sudo tee /etc/kernel/cmdline.d/20_custom.conf

Issue sudo clr-boot-manager update after that, reboot and you should be good to go.

And for future edits you can just add them to that config file. I assume adding additional config files should also work.

If you update / change your config you always have to issue sudo clr-boot-manager update at the end for the changes to apply.

To check if your changes were applied you can issue cat /proc/cmdline.

karypid

[deleted] Thanks for this. I actually discovered that creating the directory and adding the file (I mean /etc/modprobe.d/usb-storage.conf) worked described for other distros. Therefore I ended up going down this route instead of the kernel parameters.