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SubjectRe: [PATCH] modules: add support for soft module dependencies
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:01:38AM -0300, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
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> However looking at the only user right now, crct10dif: couldn't we
> detect at runtime if this module can be used instead of just trying to
> load it as a pre softdep and possibly failing?

No as sd_mod requires crct10dif to be present. The use of softdep
as opposed to just a symbolic dependency is due to there being two
modules for crct10dif, a generic version and an arch-specific one.

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