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To: "James A. Sutherland" <jas88@cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page] 
In-Reply-To: Message from "James A. Sutherland" <jas88@cam.ac.uk> 
   of "Mon, 06 Nov 2000 17:01:36 -0000." <00110617033201.01646@dax.joh.cam.ac.uk> 
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 20:54:29 -0300
From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>
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"James A. Sutherland" <jas88@cam.ac.uk> said:
> On Mon, 06 Nov 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:

[...]

> > The problem (AFAIU) is that if the levels aren't set on startup, they are
> > random in some cases.

> So set them on startup. NOT when the driver is first loaded. Put it in
> the rc.d scripts.

There is a noticeable delay between to moment the module is insmod(8)ed,
and the moment when its settings are set by the startup script. Not funny
if it is going full blast ATM.
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Horst von Brand                             vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Casilla 9G, Vin~a del Mar, Chile                               +56 32 672616
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