From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Miles Lane Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 05:24:41 +0000 Subject: Re: (Linus, please respond!) Re: Roadmap to restoring working usb module Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-hotplug@vger.kernel.org Keith Owens wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Linux-hotplug-devel mailing list http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net Linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-hotplug-devel