Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261804AbVEJVLp (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2005 17:11:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261812AbVEJVLo (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2005 17:11:44 -0400 Received: from attila.bofh.it ([213.92.8.2]:49859 "EHLO attila.bofh.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261804AbVEJVIf (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 May 2005 17:08:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 23:08:23 +0200 To: Greg KH Cc: "Alexander E. Patrakov" , Rusty Russell , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 002 release Message-ID: <20050510210823.GB15541@wonderland.linux.it> Mail-Followup-To: Greg KH , "Alexander E. Patrakov" , Rusty Russell , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050506212227.GA24066@kroah.com> <1115611034.14447.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050509232103.GA24238@suse.de> <1115717357.10222.1.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050510094339.GC6346@wonderland.linux.it> <4280AFF4.6080108@ums.usu.ru> <20050510172447.GA11263@wonderland.linux.it> <20050510201355.GB3226@suse.de> <20050510203156.GA14979@wonderland.linux.it> <20050510205239.GA3634@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050510205239.GA3634@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: md@Linux.IT (Marco d'Itri) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1921 Lines: 63 --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On May 10, Greg KH wrote: > > > > Because it's impossible to predict how it will interact with other > > > > install and alias commands. > > > Then we will just have to find out :) > > It should be clear that it will interact badly with another install > > commands, with one of them being ignored. This is not acceptable. > Why? Will they not all just be checked in order? No: $ cat /etc/modprobe.d/test install test-module /tmp/test-program 1 install test-module /tmp/test-program 2 $ cat /tmp/test-program #!/bin/sh -e echo $* > /tmp/test-log $ modprobe --verbose test-module install /tmp/test-program 2 $ cat /tmp/test-log=20 2 $ And if both commands were to be run, it would break in a different way (blacklisting would not work). > > It's a feature which I know my users and other maintainers need > > (for duplicated drivers, OSS drivers, watchdog drivers, usb{mouse,kbd} > > and so on) so it's a prerequisite for the successful packaging of > > hotplug-ng. > Ok, then, care to make a patch to module-init-tools to provide this > functionality? Eventually yes if nobody else will beat me, but I cannot spend time on this currently. --=20 ciao, Marco --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCgSLHFGfw2OHuP7ERAq9kAJ9pxeWntawfjAiv9ke1qFeBiDNo2gCdFDtI 6zhpu3CS3LVceTzJjW930Ps= =Gd7v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Bn2rw/3z4jIqBvZU-- - 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/