Re: block-major aliases (module-init-tools 3.0-pre2)

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Wed Jan 07 2004 - 20:36:09 EST


In message <200401071340.54983.arvidjaar@xxxxxxx> you write:
> Apparently generate-modprobe.conf is producing block-major-N-* while kernel
> (2.6.0) still calls request_module with block-major-N:
>
> {pts/0}% grep request_module drivers/block/*
> drivers/block/genhd.c: request_module("block-major-%d", MAJOR(dev));
>
> who is correct?

The former, but patch didn't make it into 2.6.0. Fix (which does
both, due to the confusion) is in -rc2.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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