Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: [linux-usb-devel] [RFC] consolidate /sbin/hotplug call for pciand usb | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2002 01:35:17 +0200 |
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> This raises a generally interesting question: When should a driver > module be loaded?
It is an interesting question, but it is not a kernel problem :-)
[..] > I think it's clear that the answer must depend on the particular driver, > and that no single scheme involving usage counts (or the equivalent) can > suffice for every situation. > > Is there a way to let the kernel provide a variety of mechanisms and let > the device driver (or even the user) select which one gets used?
That is more or less what is in place. There's a kernel aspect to the problem, because the kernel needs to implement an unload if nothing is bound to method, as user space cannot do that without a race.
Regards Oliver
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