Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752211Ab1FTLUS (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:20:18 -0400 Received: from mail-gy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.160.174]:42005 "EHLO mail-gy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751487Ab1FTLUQ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:20:16 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=vrfy.org; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jPUnSqhY50wzy8/fqteDgDtQy/Ozgynk1FCRJ/TcBdCaUcUMvNswNPPo4n0qt0WC/K NiNgbom2fkLEAcle3LXSYaHoxPZa2UkYJfHqVvNLDY3M9oQPz2waX+CH41WtI5aZnk6q mFcYZoa5dGIYHkWsAm4IdAryHYjiIOUttJuQ8= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <8739j59zib.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> References: <1308434431.1050.5.camel@mop> <8739j59zib.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> From: Kay Sievers Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:20:00 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: module: sysfs - add 'uevent' file to allow coldplug To: Rusty Russell Cc: linux-kernel , Greg KH 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: 979 Lines: 23 On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 01:23, Rusty Russell wrote: > On Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:29 +0200, Kay Sievers wrote: >> From: Kay Sievers >> Subject: module: sysfs - add 'uevent' file to allow built-in coldplug >> >> Userspace wants to manage module parameters with udev rules. >> This currently only works for loaded modules, but not for >> built-in ones. > > I'm confused.  What does "manage" mean here? Hook system management into module-load events, which might include changing module parameters in /sys/module/*/parameters/*, or at bootup/coldplug run it for built-in modules. We do the same to set properties for buses, drivers or devices when they appear. 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/