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DateFri, 19 Nov 2004 12:50:42 +0100
FromGerd Knorr <>
SubjectRe: modprobe + request_module() deadlock
> > But IMHO Rusty should provide a way to specify those "recommended" install
> > lines in the modules themselves (so that they finally go
> > to /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.alias or a similar autogenerated file),
> > like that's already done wih aliases and char-majors.
> 
> Well, how about to add a new marker in the driver code such as
> 
> 	MODULE_DEPENDS_ON("somemodule");
> 
> so that depmod can pick it up?

Wouldn't work for me as this isn't static.  saa7134 has to look at the
hardware, then decide whenever it should load saa7134-empress,
saa7134-dvb or none of them.

On the other hand I don't depend on request_module() waiting for the
modprobe being finished.  So maybe we can solve that with a
request_module_async()?

  Gerd

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