Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:33:22 -0500 (EST) | From | Tim Waugh <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb] Re: [patch] drivers/usb/usb.c: auto loading of USB bus driver |
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On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Thomas Sailer wrote:
> I did just do that (about 3 hours ago). usb-uhci did not go away. USB > still works. Note I did not specify -k on the modprobe command line.
I think Alan's point is that you are then stuck with the usb stuff loaded even if nothing's using it. Usb is kind of a special case though, I guess.
I can now see the problem with post-install rules, but I still find magic module aliases icky. One thing that crossed my mind was to make rmmod -a a bit smarter: if it notices that a module that sits above another (i.e. specified with the 'above' keyword in modules.conf) disappears, it could try to remove the lower module.
But then that requires that everyone move to a version of modutils that (a) supports the 'above' keyword and (b) is smart about removing modules like that.
*sigh* I'm wondering what scheme parport should use -- it _was_ using parport_lowlevel, but that didn't seem to fit in any more once we added the register_driver port notification callbacks. (It still actually will work, it will just warn loudly.)
Tim. */
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