Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265141AbTFYWk2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:40:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265142AbTFYWk2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:40:28 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:37249 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265141AbTFYWk0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:40:26 -0400 Subject: Re: IDE Disk Driver From: Alan Cox To: sumit_uconn@lycos.com Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1056581498.2005.4.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 25 Jun 2003 23:51:39 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 592 Lines: 12 On Mer, 2003-06-25 at 21:45, Sumit Narayan wrote: > Hi, > > Could I know if I could load a driver for a disk drive without rebooting the system? I have written a ide-disk driver, but I dont wish to restart the system. Can I simply load that module in some way, and then later return to the actual driver? Not yet - I'm working in that direction - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/