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From: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:10:19 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rules: avoid reading DRIVER for devices without modalias
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Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 16:51, Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@tuffmail.co.uk> wrote:
>   
>> DRIVER requires a readlink() in sysfs.  The MODALIAS key is provided by
>> uevent and requires no additional read.  Test MODALIAS first.
>>     
>
> Are you sure that makes a difference? We *should* sort the keys while
> parsing, and run the cheaper ones before the more expensive ones. At
> least that's how it was before the rewrite of the parser, and it
> *should* be still the same today.
>
> Thanks,
> Kay
>   


Sorry, I'd forgotten that.  You're right it makes no difference.