Re: What to do with 3c59x.c?

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Wed Apr 12 2000 - 15:06:02 EST


David Hinds wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 11:09:10PM +1000, Andrew Morton wrote:
> >
> > But David is concerned that this will require everyone to upgrade their
> > pcmcia config.
>
> I'm not so concerned with requiring people to upgrade; that's no big
> deal. But I'd like to come up with a scheme that lets one set of
> config files work for old and new kernels. Maybe the differences can
> be hidden in /etc/modules.conf.

Does the module rename 3c575_cb -> 3c59x affect only the ability to load
modules?

If so can you read the data in MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE and use that to
determine which module to load?

-- 
Jeff Garzik              | Nothing cures insomnia like the
Building 1024            | realization that it's time to get up.
MandrakeSoft, Inc.       |        -- random fortune

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