Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965055AbVKVV3G (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:29:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965051AbVKVV3F (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:29:05 -0500 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:595 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965055AbVKVV3B (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:29:01 -0500 Subject: Re: Christmas list for the kernel From: Kasper Sandberg To: Jon Smirl Cc: Greg KH , lkml In-Reply-To: <9e4733910511221313t4a1e3c67wc7b08160937eb5c5@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e4733910511221031o44dd90caq2b24fbac1a1bae7b@mail.gmail.com> <20051122204918.GA5299@kroah.com> <9e4733910511221313t4a1e3c67wc7b08160937eb5c5@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:28:55 +0100 Message-Id: <1132694935.10574.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1704 Lines: 45 On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 16:13 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > On 11/22/05, Greg KH wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 01:31:16PM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > > > > 4) Merge klibc and fix up the driver system so that everything is > > > hotplugable. This means no more need to configure drivers in the > > > kernel, the right drivers will just load automatically. > > > > What driver subsystem is not hotplugable and does not have automatically > > loaded modules today? > > All of the legacy stuff - VGA, Vesafb, PS2, serial, parallel, > joystick, floppy, gameport, etc. Those drivers could be in initramfs > and only load if the hardware is found. Most of these legacy devices > have poor sysfs support too. Also, it's not just x86 legacy device all > of the platforms have them. > > Currently you have to compile most of this stuff into the kernel. forgive my ignorance, but whats stopping you from doing this now? > > > There are a few issues around PnP devices that I know of, and PCMCIA > > needs some seriously love, but other than that I think we are well off. > > Or am I missing something big here? > > > > thanks, > > > > greg k-h > > > > > -- > Jon Smirl > jonsmirl@gmail.com > - > 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/ > - 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/