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Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]
To: dalecki@evision-ventures.com (Martin Dalecki)
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> Not quite: plugging physically hardware in and out is compleatly
> different
> then just loading a driver and unconditionally unloading it even when
> the hardware is still there!

Actually its no different.

Suppose I unplug my USB speakers and plug them back in again (perhaps Im just
adding a hub). Do you unload and reload the driver ? If so how do you preserve
the mixer levels ?

Same problem...

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