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On 04/20/2008 12:38 AM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> Now, I wonder for exactly what purpose are module.*map files in
> /lib/modules/`uname -r`/ dir, i.e. what would break, if the devices won't
> be listed there on systems with unpatched module-init-tools.

Well, used by /sbin/hotplug. I.e. on systems which uses that hotplugging system 
and not new enough udev. It means older RHEL, SLE* et al., and older 
distributions too...

So I suppose we still need the option to let users compile all the chosen 
drivers into hid.