From: Kim Holviala <kim@holviala.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Load hid.o module synchronously?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 09:02:01 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200404270902.01011.kim@holviala.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <s5g8ygi4l3q.fsf@patl=users.sf.net>
On Monday 26 April 2004 22:10, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> For example, I invoke "modprobe hid" to make my USB keyboard work.
> This loads the module and exits immediately, causing my script to
> proceed, before the USB keyboard is probed and ready.
>
> I want to wait until the driver is finished initializing (i.e., a USB
> keyboard is either found or not found) before my script continues.
> How can I do that?
>
> I seem to be having similar problems loading certain other modules
> (PCMCIA, Ethernet), but hid.o is the only one for which I have not
> found a convenient workaround.
Well, this isn't what you wanted to hear :-) but I use sleep on my
PCMCIA/nfsroot boot initrds. Sleeping for 3-5 seconds is enough for the
modules to load properly and it won't slow down the boot too much either...
Kim
prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-04-27 6:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-04-26 19:10 Load hid.o module synchronously? Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-04-26 19:40 ` Chris Friesen
2004-04-26 19:50 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-04-26 20:03 ` Chris Friesen
2004-04-26 20:19 ` Greg KH
2004-04-28 14:02 ` Bill Davidsen
[not found] ` <mit.lcs.mail.linux-kernel/c6od9g$53k$1@gatekeeper.tmr.com>
2004-05-01 13:21 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-05-01 16:43 ` Kevin P. Fleming
2004-05-04 20:01 ` Greg KH
2004-05-04 21:56 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-05-04 22:35 ` Greg KH
2004-05-05 2:49 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-05-05 2:56 ` Greg KH
2004-05-05 15:19 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-05-05 22:45 ` Greg KH
2004-05-06 13:54 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-05-07 22:00 ` Greg KH
2004-05-05 3:21 ` Randy.Dunlap
2004-05-05 22:33 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-05-06 14:05 ` Patrick J. LoPresti
2004-05-07 16:19 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2004-05-07 17:50 ` Oliver Neukum
2004-04-27 6:02 ` Kim Holviala [this message]
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