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SubjectRe: char/tpm: tpm_infineon no longer loaded for HP 2510p laptop
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On Fri, 2008-08-22 at 06:06 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> On Friday 22 August 2008 2:40:46 am Kay Sievers wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 15:58 -0600, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > On Thursday 21 August 2008 03:18:33 pm Kay Sievers wrote:
> > > > Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > > > >Is there a "complete idiot's guide to modules
> > > > >and udev"? There's precious little in Documentation/ other than a
> > > > > bunch of sample rules for various subsystems.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know of any specific documentation, but it's pretty easy:
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > Thanks for the tutorial.
> > >
> > > > >Could I fix this by implementing pnp_device_uevent()?
> > > >
> > > > Only if we change the format of the current pnp device aliases
> > > > to something like:
> > > > pnp*:XYZ2324:*
> > > > pnp*:ABC1234:*
> > > >
> > > > and create a "modalias" file at every pnp device, and add MODALIAS to
> > > > the uevent. The modalias must contains all ID's which belong to that
> > > > device in one single string, separated and terminated by a special
> > > > character, something like:
> > > > pnp:ABC1234:XYZ2324:RST3445:
> > >
> > > This all sounds like good stuff that I'd like PNP to have. Is there
> > > any reason I shouldn't implement pnp_device_uevent()? Any backwards-
> > > compatibility issues?
> >
> > Yeah, people probably use the current aliases in modprobe.conf files,
> > I'm not sure, if we can change them.
> >
> > > I think that sounds like a better solution than doing this PNP ID
> > > mangling.
> >
> > Sure, that will go with the acpi aliases + acpi modalias, or if you
> > change pnp to have proper pnp aliases + pnp modalias, then with them,
> > yes.
>
> Since PNP currently doesn't generate any uevents or modalias files,
> I expect that a non-ACPI system will be unable to autoload modules
> for ISAPNP or PNPBIOS devices. Right?

They do create events, but without modalias. The shell script hack,
which udev runs, will make the event behave like it contained one.

Kay



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