Re: [i2c] [PATCH] update module-init-tools to support the i2csubsystem

From: Jean Delvare
Date: Mon Jan 14 2008 - 14:46:37 EST


On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:38:28 +0100, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Jan 14, 2008 6:50 PM, Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I am under the impression that modules.*map are the old way to get
> > automatic driver loading and aliases are the new way to do the same.
> > But maybe that's just me.
>
> Right, nothing on recent systems is using the map files. This patch
> should not be needed.
> The plan is to deprecate the creation of these files in depmod.

OK, great. Thanks for the info, Kay!

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Jean Delvare
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