Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]

Alon Ziv
2000-11-06T17:23:04Z

The best solution to the sound driver issue, IMHO, is still entirely
userspace---
just no-one has written it yet.
What we should do:
1. Before auto-unload of the driver, run a small utility which will read
mixer settings
and save them somewhere
2. When auto-loading the driver, use driver arguments which are initialized
from the
settings saved above
All that's missing is the method of passing data from step 1 to step 2.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>
To: "Horst von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 19:06
Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]

>
> vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl said:
> > No funny "persistent data" mechanisms or screwups when the worker
> > gets removed and reinserted. In many cases the data module could be
> > shared among several others, in other cases it would have to be able
> > lo load several times or manage several incarnations of its payload.
>
> The reason I brought this up now is because Keith's new
> inter_module_register stuff could easily be used to provide this
> functionality _without_ the extra module remaining loaded.
>
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