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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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Subject: Re: Multi-function PCI devices
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Michael Reinelt wrote:
> 
> Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >
> > > Another (design) question: How will such a driver/module deal with
> > > autodetection and/or devfs? I don't like to specify 'alias /dev/tts/4
> > > netmos', because thats pure junk to me. What about pci hotplugging?
> >
> > pci hotplugging happens pretty much transparently.  When a new device is
> > plugged in, your pci_driver::probe routine is called.  When a new device
> > is removed, your pci_driver::remove routine is called.
> 
> Thats clear to me. But the probe and remove routine can only be called
> if the module is already loaded. My question was: who will load the
> module? (I'll call it 'netmos.o')

typically a hotplug agent, cardmgr in this case.

> If I do a 'modprobe serial', how should the serial driver know that the
> netmos.o should be loaded, too?

cardmgr ideally should load netmos.o, which will automatically pull in
serial.o.

(cardmgr is from the pcmcia-cs package, at
http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/)

Regards,

	Jeff



-- 
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Building 1024     | Max: "Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash
MandrakeSoft      |       and shrieking like a cheerleader."
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