Hi!
> > Do we have to block module loading?
>
> No. Registering new drivers is okay, registering new devices is bad.
>
> Of course, some modules do want to register a new device in their init
> method. I don't know what we should do about them. Force the
> registration to fail, I suppose. How often will people suspend while a
> module is loading?
Well... plug this pcmcia card into the slot so that I do not have to
carry it separately, close the lid and go?
...not that impossible to imagine...
Pavel
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On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
>>> Do we have to block module loading?
>>
>> No. Registering new drivers is okay, registering new devices is bad.
>>
>> Of course, some modules do want to register a new device in their init
>> method. I don't know what we should do about them. Force the
>> registration to fail, I suppose. How often will people suspend while a
>> module is loading?
>
> Well... plug this pcmcia card into the slot so that I do not have to
> carry it separately, close the lid and go?
>
> ...not that impossible to imagine...
I useually leave my broadband card in the slot, but not seated. I wouldn't
bet against it getting pushed in enough to be detected while putting the
laptop in the bag.
David Lang