From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] driver core patches against 2.6.24
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:49:51 +1100
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On Sunday 27 January 2008 17:42:28 Linus Torvalds wrote:
> My problem is that the *driver* already exists (because it's compiled in),
> and has already initialized itself, and has already registered.
>
> Then, initrd tries to load an old module for that driver.

I hate to say it, but this is user error.  And it used to be that for some 
drivers you'd actually end up with two in-kernel if you did that.

But if even *you* don't get this right, it should finally prompt us to fix 
this...

Thanks,
Rusty.
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