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On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 09:35 -0800, Greg KH wrote: |
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> _very_ few modules in 2.6 refuse to load anymore. Almost all of them |
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> will now load, if you have the hardware for them or not. |
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> Yes, there are still exceptions, but those are exceptions, not the rule, |
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> and are slowly being fixed to not do this. |
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Will the already loaded modules detect a hotplugged device and |
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initialize it when it is inserted? |
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If so, then there would be zero harm in loading modules which you do not |
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*always* need on a machine, such as a USB NIC, as mentioned in this |
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thread. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Operational/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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