Re: [PATCH] INPUT: add MODALIAS to the event environment

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

Kay Sievers wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 06:15:14PM +0500, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote:
>  
>
> > i.e., there is the "modalias" file in sysfs but no $MODALIAS in the 
> > environment. Is this the problem that your patch solves (note: I haven't 
> > tried it yet)?
> >    
>
> Well, you could have read the mail's subject, before posting.
>  
Indeed, sorry.

I have applied your patch on top of gregkh-all-2.6.15.patch and changed 
my module-loading udev rule to:

ENV{MODALIAS}=="?*",    RUN+="/sbin/modprobe $env{MODALIAS}"

Now this works and loads modules for my PS/2 mouse. Thanks for the patch.

--
Alexander E. Patrakov
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