From: Fredrik Tolf <fredrik@dolda2000.cjb.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Input layer demand loading
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:39:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200307131839.49112.fredrik@dolda2000.cjb.net> (raw)
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Why does the input layer still not have on-demand module loading? How about
applying this?
Fredrik Tolf
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cd /usr/src/linux-2.5.75/drivers/input/
diff -up /usr/src/linux-2.5.75/drivers/input/input.c\~ /usr/src/linux-2.5.75/drivers/input/input.c
--- /usr/src/linux-2.5.75/drivers/input/input.c~ 2003-07-13 18:34:09.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/linux-2.5.75/drivers/input/input.c 2003-07-13 18:34:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -531,7 +531,13 @@ static int input_open_file(struct inode
struct file_operations *old_fops, *new_fops = NULL;
int err;
- /* No load-on-demand here? */
+ if(!handler)
+ {
+ char name[20];
+ sprintf(name, "input-dev-%i", minor(inode->i_rdev) >> 5);
+ request_module(name);
+ handler = input_table[minor(inode->i_rdev) >> 5];
+ }
if (!handler || !(new_fops = fops_get(handler->fops)))
return -ENODEV;
next reply other threads:[~2003-07-13 16:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-13 16:39 Fredrik Tolf [this message]
2003-07-14 6:22 ` Input layer demand loading Greg KH
2003-07-14 10:58 ` Fredrik Tolf
2003-07-16 4:29 ` Greg KH
2003-07-16 12:57 ` Fredrik Tolf
2003-07-16 16:26 ` Greg KH
2003-07-16 16:56 ` Måns Rullgård
2003-07-16 17:28 ` Oliver Neukum
2003-07-16 21:23 ` Fredrik Tolf
2003-07-16 21:54 ` Greg KH
2003-07-16 22:07 ` Oliver Neukum
2003-07-16 22:16 ` Greg KH
2003-07-16 22:21 ` Fredrik Tolf
2003-07-16 18:19 Andrey Borzenkov
2003-07-16 18:29 ` Oliver Neukum
2003-07-16 18:33 ` Mike Fedyk
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