Re: [PATCH] Module alias and table support

Rusty Russell (rusty@rustcorp.com.au)
Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:14:29 +1100

In message <3DE53EF6.4080303@pacbell.net> you write:
> One of the points being that the breakage comes from changing the
> format supported by modutils. Restoring current functionality should
> IMO be high on the agenda .... USB has worked poorly in normal .configs
> for a while now, because of this.

Absolutely. I sent the patch to put the USB etc. tables back in
(merged in .48 IIRC).

Hopefully this is back together: the device-table-to-aliases stuff is
a separate step which can be argued on its own, and I think will
probably have to wait for 2.7 unless Greg is going to champion it.

The real win is simplicity and independence from the kernel
datastructures (which probably won't change during 2.6 anyway).

Hope that helps,
Rusty.

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