From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Harald Hoyer Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:40:18 +0000 Subject: Re: Assumptions in start_udev regarding the loop device Message-Id: <420B8062.2040006@redhat.com> List-Id: References: <1108016718.4753.86.camel@lh4.linush.net> In-Reply-To: <1108016718.4753.86.camel@lh4.linush.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Feb 10, Kay Sievers wrote: > > >>Why do we need to create these nodes with a script? Loop-devices are > > Because nothing loads the module. correct... chicken and egg... no module autoloading without a device node to trigger it, and no device node created by udev without the loaded module. ------------------------------------------------------- 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_ide95&alloc_id396&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