Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261329AbVDIKOp (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:14:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261331AbVDIKOo (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:14:44 -0400 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.203]:49328 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261329AbVDIKOm (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:14:42 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=TZMoxJS5LPLoXXeKWM4hZ+0gfUnfnG2H8vATmXhCTJ72f/kf4mZYxm6jxGQr4BldbKgPSUtL/gGe8l+5vZMgyqkXuOX8QiR4GLnQ30sYqJeFHnRwe/DGLuhdlTQ34ejZ3yyObXHBr3KvNibB7Icx1DX7FgxdcAzGI5wUF3UOdk0= Message-ID: Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:14:42 +0200 From: Magnus Damm Reply-To: Magnus Damm To: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] disable built-in modules V2 Cc: rddunlap@osdl.org, linux-os@analogic.com, roland@topspin.com, asterixthegaul@gmail.com, damm@opensource.se, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20050409100702.GA6148@gondor.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20050409094814.GA5953@gondor.apana.org.au> <20050409100702.GA6148@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1283 Lines: 32 On Apr 9, 2005 12:07 PM, Herbert Xu wrote: > On Sat, Apr 09, 2005 at 12:03:45PM +0200, Magnus Damm wrote: > > > > > Perhaps they should start using initramfs then. > > > > But how does that help me? I still want to be able to pass a list of > > unwanted modules on the kernel command line. Using initramfs and > > modules is fine, although I would prefer being able to unload built-in > > modules instead - but that is another story. Your suggestion just > > pushes the problem to user space. I think the best alternative would > > Well you know what they say: > > If it can be done in user space, then do it in user space. > > Once the drivers are put on the initramfs it is trivial to add code that > disables them based on boot-time options. I agree. And if I understand your opinion correctly you believe that kernels with built-in modules should not have the feature that my patch provides, right? I think it would be a nice feature regardless of initramfs or not. Thanks for your input! / magnus - 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/