/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf

[robertlaferla at comcast.net (Robert La Ferla)]

I am trying to load a driver (wctdm/zaptel) for a telephony card when  
the system starts up and BEFORE the pbx system (Asterisk) starts up.   
If I do the modprobe in /etc/rc.local, it fails to load.  If I wait  
until the system is loaded and manually modprobe the driver, it  
works.  What's the best way to configure this?

I suspect it has something to do with /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf  
which doesn't exist on my system.

Here are the contents of /etc/modprobe.d/zaptel which does exist.

# automatically generated file; do not edit
install tor2 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install tor2 $CMDLINE_OPTS && / 
sbin/ztcfg
install torisa /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install torisa $CMDLINE_OPTS  
&& /sbin/ztcfg
install wcusb /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wcusb $CMDLINE_OPTS && / 
sbin/ztcfg
install wcfxo /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wcfxo $CMDLINE_OPTS && / 
sbin/ztcfg
install wctdm /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wctdm $CMDLINE_OPTS && / 
sbin/ztcfg
install wctdm24xxp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wctdm24xxp  
$CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
install ztdynamic /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztdynamic  
$CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
install ztd-eth /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztd-eth $CMDLINE_OPTS  
&& /sbin/ztcfg
install wct1xxp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wct1xxp $CMDLINE_OPTS  
&& /sbin/ztcfg
install wct4xxp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wct4xxp $CMDLINE_OPTS  
&& /sbin/ztcfg
install wcte11xp /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install wcte11xp  
$CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
install pciradio /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install pciradio  
$CMDLINE_OPTS && /sbin/ztcfg
install ztd-loc /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztd-loc $CMDLINE_OPTS  
&& /sbin/ztcfg
install ztdummy /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install ztdummy $CMDLINE_OPTS  
&& /sbin/ztcfg
alias wcfxs wctdm
alias wct2xxp wct4xxp