Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:49:09 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Fw: 2.6.0-test11 BK: sg and scanner modules not auto-loaded? |
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On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 02:04:59PM +1100, Rusty Russell wrote: > > It's been argued that kmod should place a request with the hotplug > subsystem, rather than call modprobe, but that's a little too radical > for me just yet.
That's not too radical, just requires a small script addition in userspace that actually runs modprobe based on a specific hotplug event. In all we'd probably only reduce the kernel by the size of the modprobe array, and the sysctl table, which isn't all that much.
Put it on the 2.7 list :)
thanks,
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