Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751168AbVJNEVk (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:21:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751278AbVJNEVk (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:21:40 -0400 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:47530 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751168AbVJNEVk (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:21:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 21:20:58 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Andrew Morton Cc: Bastian Blank , schwidefsky@de.ibm.com, torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc4-git] s390, ccw - export modalias Message-ID: <20051014042058.GA8232@kroah.com> References: <20051012192639.GA25481@wavehammer.waldi.eu.org> <20051012125939.6ee58910.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051012125939.6ee58910.akpm@osdl.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 595 Lines: 19 On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 12:59:39PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Bastian Blank wrote: > > > > This patch exports modalias for ccw devices. > > And why do we want to do that? So you can do: modprobe `echo /sys/device/path_to_device/modalias` and the proper driver will automatically be loaded by userspace. thanks, 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/