Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:25:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:25:45 -0500 Received: from cerebus-ext.cygnus.co.uk ([194.130.39.252]:44275 "EHLO passion.cygnus") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 Nov 2000 12:25:41 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: David Woodhouse X-Accept-Language: en_GB In-Reply-To: <03da01c04816$8b178a30$650201c0@guidelet> In-Reply-To: <03da01c04816$8b178a30$650201c0@guidelet> <200011061631.eA6GVkw07051@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> <6590.973530406@redhat.com> To: "Alon Ziv" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 17:25:37 +0000 Message-ID: <8453.973531537@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org alonz@usa.net said: > The best solution to the sound driver issue, IMHO, is still entirely > userspace--- just no-one has written it yet. What we should do: 1. > Before auto-unload of the driver, run a small utility which will read > mixer settings > and save them somewhere 2. When auto-loading the driver, use driver > arguments which are initialized from the > settings saved above That could work, although it may be better to make it more generic and capable of handling any form of data. Any form of persistent storage would do - and if it can be handled entirely in userspace, all the better. I merely pointed out that Keith's inter_module_xxx could provide this quite cleanly. Others disputed that it was required at all. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/