From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:10:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 001 release Message-Id: <20050211201013.GA21025@wonderland.linux.it> MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="envbJBWh7q8WU6mo" List-Id: References: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20050211004033.GA26624@suse.de> To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Feb 11, Greg KH wrote: > > Because generic kernel packages are supposed to ship modules for the > > different needs of different users. > What packages modify the blacklist? Or is that a userconfig type thing? Both. Some common examples are: - the alsa-base package blacklisting all OSS modules, to disable OSS - the hotplug package blacklisting all frame buffer modules, because they tend to fuck up X servers and are useless anyway - the hotplug package blacklisting all watchdog modules, because they will reboot the computer if autoloaded when the user does not know about them - users configuring some driver to not be autoloaded, e.g. because it's broken and locks up their system > > > > I know that with the aliases method hotplug itself does not know the > > > > actual module name, so maybe this should be discussed with Rusty and > > > > added to modprobe. > > > Yes, blacklisting should be a modprobe option, not a hotplug option. > > It would have to enable blacklisting only when called by hotplug. > No, it would use blacklisting when called by aliases. That would be > easier, right? Looks like it is, I will think about it. --=20 ciao, Marco --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFCDRElFGfw2OHuP7ERAi5WAJ9mLekANWhZ43G0KNsplSry98qeEwCXUZRt A5Bz3xHRIZLz1rLIu8iTNw== =94Uh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --envbJBWh7q8WU6mo-- ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&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