Re: parport_pc tries to load parport_serial automatically

Keith Owens
2001-06-26T14:34:56Z

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:53:55 +0100,
Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:37:19PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
>
>> "below parport_pc parport-serial" is even cleaner. One line, modprobe
>> does everything else.
>
>Would this have any different effect than the current situation if
>parport_serial fails to load?

It behaves the same as an inter-module dependency, if parport-serial
fails then parport_pc will not be loaded. If I remember correctly,
this was suggested in the context that people who want both should put
something in modules.conf, IOW this is what the user asked for.