Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:09:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:09:06 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:29045 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 7 Nov 2000 07:09:03 -0500 Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page] To: jas88@cam.ac.uk (James A. Sutherland) Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:07:07 +0000 (GMT) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), jas88@cam.ac.uk (James A. Sutherland), goemon@anime.net (Dan Hollis), dwmw2@infradead.org (David Woodhouse), jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com (Jeff Garzik), oxymoron@waste.org (Oliver Xymoron), kaos@ocs.com.au (Keith Owens), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <00110700431704.00940@dax.joh.cam.ac.uk> from "James A. Sutherland" at Nov 07, 2000 12:38:54 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > When I plug it in and modprobe is triggered to load the driver, a script then > runs to feed the device appropriate configuration info. Since the driver only > resets the hardware when it is given the correct configuration, there's no > problem. Thats another 100 lines of race prone network kernel code you dont need > Hmm... define "identical". I take a laptop home, use a USB NIC to talk to my Same Mac address or same serial number. - 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/