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SubjectRe: [PATCH 29/31] esp: Auto-load esp module when device opened.
Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:55:52 -0700
> Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@canonical.com> wrote:
>
>> The esp module is missing the char-major-57-* alias that would cause it
>> to be auto-loaded when a device of that type is opened. This patch adds
>> the alias.
>
> NAK - the default esp behaviour is to do unsafe ISA probes to find the
> ports. We don't want it autoloading therefore.
>

Good point. Its been awhile since I had to think about ISA probing.

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner@canonical.com


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