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On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 01:20:51PM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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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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Yes. That is why they always load, for this very reason. And for the |
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fact that after a driver is loaded, you can always give it new device |
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ids through sysfs to have it bind to other, already present devices. |
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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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Exactly. With the exception of additional memory being used, but hey, |
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memory is cheap these days! :) |
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thanks, |
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greg k-h |
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