From: Miles Lane <miles@megapathdsl.net>
To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working usb module
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 05:24:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-hotplug-98005450313475@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-hotplug-98004206800249@msgid-missing>
Keith Owens wrote:
<snip>
> Fine, until the next time any of the table formats have to be changed.
> The version number on the kernel tables that depmod reads are there for
> future changes, not just for the current usb mess. Without a version
> number we will have exactly the same problems on the next ABI change.
>
> Whether we should support the 2.4.0-test format for usb is a separate
> question and has nothing to do with whether depmod needs version
> numbers at all. My patch is to future proof the kernel/depmod interface.
Is there a way to rework modutils and your patch so that hotplugging
can work without introducing the version numbers that Linus doesn't
want to introduce? Then, you and he could settle the version tracking
resolution later without holding up support for /sbin/hotplug.
Thanks,
Miles
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-21 5:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-21 1:57 (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working usb module Miles Lane
2001-01-21 4:36 ` (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working usb Linus Torvalds
2001-01-21 4:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2001-01-21 5:24 ` Miles Lane [this message]
2001-01-21 5:26 ` (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working Linus Torvalds
2001-01-21 5:31 ` (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working usb Linus Torvalds
2001-01-21 5:42 ` (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working David Brownell
2001-01-21 7:54 ` (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working usb module Miles Lane
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