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

Horst von Brand
2000-11-07T01:27:21Z

"James A. Sutherland" <jas88@cam.ac.uk> said:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:

[...]

> > The problem (AFAIU) is that if the levels aren't set on startup, they are
> > random in some cases.

> So set them on startup. NOT when the driver is first loaded. Put it in
> the rc.d scripts.

There is a noticeable delay between to moment the module is insmod(8)ed,
and the moment when its settings are set by the startup script. Not funny
if it is going full blast ATM.
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