From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: "Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@sonycom.com>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
i2c@lm-sensors.org
Subject: Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:46:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080114204625.07293dce@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3ae72650801141138t27666bcerd66e96f836d1ab2b@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:38:28 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2008 6:50 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > I am under the impression that modules.*map are the old way to get
> > automatic driver loading and aliases are the new way to do the same.
> > But maybe that's just me.
>
> Right, nothing on recent systems is using the map files. This patch
> should not be needed.
> The plan is to deprecate the creation of these files in depmod.
OK, great. Thanks for the info, Kay!
--
Jean Delvare
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-14 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-12-18 2:39 [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem Jon Smirl
2008-01-13 14:27 ` [i2c] " Jean Delvare
2008-01-13 15:14 ` Jon Smirl
2008-01-13 15:35 ` Jean Delvare
2008-01-13 16:26 ` Jon Smirl
2008-01-13 17:43 ` Jean Delvare
2008-01-13 18:04 ` Jon Smirl
2008-01-14 10:57 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-01-14 14:25 ` Jon Smirl
2008-01-14 16:38 ` Jean Delvare
2008-01-14 17:08 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-01-14 17:50 ` Jean Delvare
2008-01-14 19:38 ` Kay Sievers
2008-01-14 19:46 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
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