Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Dec 2003 20:23:54 +0100 | From | Witukind <> | Subject | Re: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6? |
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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:39:32 +0100 mru@kth.se (Måns Rullgård) wrote: > > Is there a specific case for which people want this feature? > > Offhand it seems like a slightly odd thing to ask for... > > I believe the original motivation for module autoloading was to save > memory by unloading modules when their devices were unused. Loading > them automatically on demand made for less trouble for users, who > didn't have to run modprobe manually to use the sound card, or > whatever. This could still be a good thing in embedded systems. >
I don't see why it wouldn't be a good thing for regular systems also. Saving memory is usually a good idea.
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