From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Input layer demand loading
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:56:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1x65m2mmvw.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20030716162639.GB7513@kroah.com
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
>> Not necessarily. When the joystick is plugged in, you want to load the
>> hardware driver modules. There's really no need for the userspace interface
>> until someone requests it. At least that's the way I see it.
>> And in any case, even if you do want to load joydev.o when the joystick is
>> plugged in, I don't see how that could be done on-demand when the joystick
>> port isn't hotplug compatible, such as is the case with gameports, right?
>
> 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.
That's easily fixed in modules.conf, or modprobe.conf for 2.6.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-16 16:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-13 16:39 Input layer demand loading Fredrik Tolf
2003-07-14 6:22 ` 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 [this message]
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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