Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:26:07 -0500 | From | "Jon Smirl" <> | Subject | Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2c subsystem |
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On 1/13/08, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote: > On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:14:14 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > On 1/13/08, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:39:37 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > Follow on to: "Series to add device tree naming to i2c" > > > > Teach module-init-tools about the i2c subsystem. > > > > > > Can you please explain what this patch does and why it is needed? > > > > It generates the entries needed for the user space module tools to > > work with the aliases. For example modprobe/depmod. It is a standard > > part of the kernel module system. > > What entries, where? What can you do after applying your patch that you > couldn't do before?
The drivers you are testing with don't depend on other drivers.
> I'm asking because automatic i2c driver loading works just fine for me > without patching user-space. So I don't get why your want to change > anything. > > -- > Jean Delvare >
-- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com
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