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    SubjectRe: [linux-usb] Re: [patch] drivers/usb/usb.c: auto loading of USB bus driver
    On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

    > > to putting post-install usbcore modprobe usb-uhci (or whatever)
    > > into conf.modules?
    >
    > Then usb-uhci is unloaded after time, possibly when usbcore isnt. It doesn't

    Not if the -k option isn't given to modprobe in the post-install rule.
    Anyway, the MOD_USE_COUNT should take care of that, surely?

    > Dont go that way . The sound folks relied on it for a bit - its a mistake

    I don't see why it's any worse than having magic module aliases in the
    kernel (with the implicit assumption that there is only _one_ possible
    lowlevel parport/scsi/usb driver for any one machine).

    Tim.
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