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From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
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Subject: Re: Input layer demand loading
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> True, but then if you try to open the port, you will only get the base
> joydev.o module loaded, not the gameport driver, which is what you
> _really_ want to have loaded, right?
> 
> So there really isn't much benifit to doing this, sorry.

Why? It could work the way PCMCIA SCSI works.
Cardmgr loads the LLDD, but sd, sg, etc. are loaded
on demand.

	Regards
		Oliver