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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] aacraid: error return checking
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:06:46 +0100
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To: "Salyzyn, Mark" <mark_salyzyn@adaptec.com>
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On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 07:19:56AM -0400, Salyzyn, Mark wrote:
> We get complains about a driver module loaded with no associated
> hardware. There are system configurations that probe for installed
> hardware by loading modules, they expect only the functional driver
> modules to load. What purpose is there in a driver module that is loaded
> with no hardware?

Allow for hot-plug devices to be hanled without further user-space invention.
Your above probing method will have the same effect on every modern driver.