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From: David Hinds <dhinds@sonic.net>
To: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>,
	Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] network driver updates
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:08:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010215090807.C29356@sonic.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010214020707.28011E-100000@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com> <3A8A7159.AF0E6180@colorfullife.com> <3A8A8937.A77BA18D@uow.edu.au> <20010214093859.B20503@sonic.net> <3A8AC6B6.9790FF9C@colorfullife.com> <3A8BC242.2C62DAA1@uow.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <3A8BC242.2C62DAA1@uow.edu.au>; from Andrew Morton on Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:49:22PM +1100

On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:49:22PM +1100, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> Now, the thing I don't understand about David's design is the
> final one.  What 3c575_cb does is:
> 
> CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y, MODULE=true
>          If the hardware isn't there, register the driver and
>          hang around.
> 
> Why?

Merely that I was trying to disassociate the concepts of module
loading and device probing, and I thought it was most consistent to
then allow people to load modules whenever they want, whether or not a
device was present.

> BTW: How come CONFIG_PCMCIA requires CONFIG_HOTPLUG?  Doesn't
> it make sense to be able to have glued-in Cardbus devices?

I suppose it makes sense but I don't know if it is something worth the
trouble of supporting.

-- Dave

  reply	other threads:[~2001-02-15 17:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <Pine.LNX.3.96.1010214020707.28011E-100000@mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com>
2001-02-14 11:51 ` [PATCH] network driver updates Manfred Spraul
2001-02-14 11:54   ` Jeff Garzik
2001-02-14 13:13     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2001-02-14 12:00   ` Jeff Garzik
2001-02-14 13:33   ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-14 17:38     ` David Hinds
2001-02-14 17:54       ` Jeff Garzik
2001-02-14 17:56       ` Manfred Spraul
2001-02-15 11:49         ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-15 17:08           ` David Hinds [this message]
2001-02-15 22:16             ` Andrew Morton

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