From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tomasz Torcz Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:00:18 +0000 Subject: On demand modules loading with {tmp,ram}fs and udev Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Hi, I was thinking about small addition to tmpfs. When mounted with 'dev' option, any lookup of non existing file should result in calling modprobe with filename as argument. When coupled with mount tmpfs over /dev (or /udev) this functionality would allow on-demand module loading (as with devfs and plain old device nodes). On #kernelnewbies I was told to use ramfs (as device nodes don't have to be swap bakced). But it looks like polluting simple ramfs with this mount option is not good. Is using tmpfs OK? please cc me on comments. -- Tomasz Torcz There exists no separation between gods and men: zdzichu@irc.-nie.spam-.pl one blends softly casual into the other. |> Playing: ... ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ 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