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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 10:10:39 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: Fw: 2.6.0-test11 BK: sg and scanner modules not auto-loaded?
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On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:03:57AM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > Similar considerations apply to scanner:
> > alias char-major-180-48 scanner
> 
> Where did this alias come from?  Of course, scanner.c could put in
> such an alias, but is it really constant?  If so, by all means add a
> MODULE_ALIAS_CHARDEV() line in scanner.c.  Otherwise, leave it to the
> hotplug code.

Please just leave it up to the hotplug code to load such drivers as
these.  Also watch out, if you enable CONFIG_USB_DYNAMIC_MINORS then the
usb scanner driver will NOT start at minor number 48, but will be
dynamically created.

thanks,

greg k-h