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From: bruce m beach <brucembeach@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 07:19:30 -0800
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Subject: limiting times ath9k_htc devices are loaded
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Hello

  When I plug in a ath9k_htc device, with a loaded driver, the driver
attemps to attach itself to the device and load firmware etc. ( of
course ). Does anyone know how I can tell the driver ( or kernel ) to
do this process only once, and ignore additional insertions of
ath9k_htc devices ?

Bruce