Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2001 22:16:42 +0000 | | From | Andrew Morton <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] network driver updates |
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David Hinds wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 10:49:22PM +1100, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > Now, the thing I don't understand about David's design is the > > final one. What 3c575_cb does is: > > > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG=y, MODULE=true > > If the hardware isn't there, register the driver and > > hang around. > > > > Why? > > Merely that I was trying to disassociate the concepts of module > loading and device probing, and I thought it was most consistent to > then allow people to load modules whenever they want, whether or not a > device was present.
Fair enough. Thanks.
Another scenario may be where (say) a network driver is modprobed from a hotpluggable disk controller. You want to be able to load the netdriver, pop out the disk controller and then insert the network card. Or vice-versa - load a parallel port driver across NFS then pull the network card and push the parallel port card. Could use local disks for this, of course.
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