Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: Patch?: module-init-tools/modprobe.c - use modules.dep | Date | Tue, 26 Nov 2002 11:45:10 +1100 |
| |
In message <200211252254.OAA04288@freya.yggdrasil.com> you write: > Rusty Russell wrote: > >(you took out module alias support in your patch, though) 8(. > > Did not. See the routine get_alias() in my version.
No, you took out the part that reads the aliases from the module itself (.modalias section).
> However, my version does not support: > > wildcard aliases, > an alias that expands to multiple targets, or > an alias that expands to an alias. > > It should only take a few lines to fix the first two.
See my wishlist for the second one (or/and support): this is a request I got from someone.
> As for last, I'm not sure how useful aliasing to an alias really is.
Don't know. Combinations of and/or aliases would be easiest with this, though.
> It wouldn't be the Manhattan Project to add it, but I'd rather not > add a feature if it has no real use.
Good man!
Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |