From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Weiser Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 09:27:59 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 021 release Message-Id: <20040304092759.GA95456@weiser.dinsnail.net> List-Id: References: <20040303000957.GA11755@kroah.com> <20040303095615.GA89995@weiser.dinsnail.net> <200403030722.17632.edt@aei.ca> <20040303151433.GC25687@kroah.com> <20040304012233.GB22511@wonderland.linux.it> <20040304012813.GD2207@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20040304012813.GD2207@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Greg KH Cc: Ed Tomlinson , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 05:28:13PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > This does not solve the problem of drivers which do not have matching > > hardware, like PPP and loop device. I do not mind unconditionally loading > > these modules at boot, but there has to be a way to recognize them: I do > > not think it is acceptable to load *all* modules available on the system > > (what is the point of having a modular kernel then?). > Then have your "use the loop device" or "use the ppp device" load the > module before it is used. Or manually create the dev node and hope that > kmod and its aliases work... AFAICS both require root privileges and the latter will break with dynamic device numbers issued by the kernel. The previous model enabled normal users to have the kernel adjust to their current requirements dynamically without the need of being root. -- bye, Micha ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel