Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756082AbZCFXxB (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:53:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755746AbZCFXww (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:52:52 -0500 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.224]:43567 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755673AbZCFXwv convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:52:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090306154852.8354fe52.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <20090306154852.8354fe52.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:52:50 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] floppy: Provide a PNP device table in the module. From: Kay Sievers To: Andrew Morton Cc: Scott James Remnant , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Bjorn Helgaas , Philippe De Muyter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 829 Lines: 21 On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 00:48, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:50:47 +0000 > Scott James Remnant wrote: > >> The missing device table means that the floppy module is not >> auto-loaded, even when the appropriate PNP device (0700) is found. > > Is this a regression?  Did 2.6.28 autoload OK? No, it was never autoloaded by a kernel supplied alias. We ship special modprobe rules which define the alias, and this is part of an ongoing effort to move that information where it belongs, into the module itself. Thanks, Kay -- 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/