Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:55:31 +0200 | From | Simon Huggins <> | Subject | Re: parport_pc tries to load parport_serial automatically |
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Hi lkml,
On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:23:03AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > > If the initialization of parport_serial fails, we obviously get an > > error message, which is really annoying: > [This is different to the issue that is fixed in the -ac tree about > parport_serial getting probed for even when disabled in config.]
> The idea was that people who have multi-IO cards but don't know what > modules are can have things Just Work: parport_serial gets loaded > automagically and detects their cards for them. But yes, the flip > side is that people who _don't_ have multi-IO cards are going to get > that error.
> - change parport_pc so that it doesn't request parport_serial at > init. In this case, how will parport_serial get loaded at all? > Perhaps with some recommended /etc/modules.conf lines (perhaps > parport_lowlevel{1,2,3,...})?
Can't people who have such things just put: pre-install insmod parport-serial post-rm rmmod parport-serial in modules.conf?
> - people who get the error and don't like it can put 'alias > parport_serial off' in /etc/modules.conf. Not especially pleasant, > I guess.
That's the opposite of the above I suppose.
> - parport_serial could be made to initialise successfully even if it > doesn't see any devices that it can drive.
That sounds icky IMHO.
Simon.
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