Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:36:07 +0200 | From | "Kay Sievers" <> | Subject | Re: loading ipmi_watchdog causes tons of other watchdog modules to be loaded |
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On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <a.miskiewicz@gmail.com> wrote: > > No udev on the system. kernel 2.6.25.18-1. > > After loading ipmi_watchdog and doing "cat /dev/watchdog" tons of other, > useles, watchdog modules is loaded. Any idea what introduced such weird > behaviour?
I guess the /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe, which lets the kernel fork a modprobe process when you touch a "dangling" device node, which does not have corresponding driver.
Kay
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