Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269082AbUIYHiX (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:38:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269256AbUIYHiX (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:38:23 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:50152 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269082AbUIYHiV (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Sep 2004 03:38:21 -0400 Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:38:19 +0100 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: James Bottomley Cc: greg@kroah.com, Rusty Russell , Linux Kernel , SCSI Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC] put symbolic links between drivers and modules in the sysfs tree Message-ID: <20040925073819.GT23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1095701390.2016.34.camel@mulgrave> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1095701390.2016.34.camel@mulgrave> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 777 Lines: 16 On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 01:29:44PM -0400, James Bottomley wrote: > This functionality is essential for us to work out which drivers are > supplied by which modules. We use this in turn to work out which > modules are necessary to find the root device (and hence what > initrd/initramfs needs to insert). So what will your userland code do when you run it on a system with non-modular kernel currently running? IOW, that's a fundamentally broken interface - you really want the same information regardless of modular vs. built-in. - 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/