Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262001AbVEKRnJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 13:43:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262012AbVEKRnF (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 13:43:05 -0400 Received: from lyle.provo.novell.com ([137.65.81.174]:20234 "EHLO lyle.provo.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262011AbVEKRl4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 May 2005 13:41:56 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:41:53 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Per Liden Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] hotplug-ng 002 release Message-ID: <20050511174153.GA16353@suse.de> References: <20050506212227.GA24066@kroah.com> <20050509211323.GB5297@tsiryulnik> <20050510224112.GA4967@kroah.com> <20050511053320.GC8287@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1390 Lines: 35 On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 07:36:54PM +0200, Per Liden wrote: > On Tue, 10 May 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 01:56:01AM +0200, Per Liden wrote: > > > On Tue, 10 May 2005, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 12:17:12AM +0200, Per Liden wrote: > > > > > I'd like to get a better understanding of that as well. Why invent a > > > > > second on demand module loader when we have kmod? The current approach > > > > > feels like a step back to something very similar to the old kerneld. > > > > > > > > kmod is not used at all if you are running udev on your system. > > > > > > Since when does udev load modules for you? > > > > It does not. That was my point :) > > Sorry, but I still don't get your point. Whether kmod is used or not is > unrelated to the use of udev. I was trying to point out that if you use udev, kmod is not used at all to autoload modules when you try to open a device file for a driver that is not present (as if the module isn't loaded, then the device file would not be present to try to open.) But I forgot about the filesystem stuff... Hope this clears things up. greg k-h - 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/