Re: pre-2.1.90..

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.noris.de)
11 Mar 1998 23:30:29 +0100


Ruud de Rooij <src@dutibp.twi.tudelft.nl> writes:
>
> I like the concept of kmod, although its current form breaks modules that do
> an explicit request_module() at module load time, e.g., scsi loading
> scsi_hostadapter or parport loading parport_lowlevel.
>
That's a problem.

> Unfortunately, I don't have enough kernel hacking experience (i.e., zero) to
> come up with a fix.
>
The best way would probably be to drop the wait() call in kmod's kernel
thread. Instead, let the parent do the loading and the child can do the
next request. No waiting is necessary, as the parent will eventually die
(it'll be reaped by init), thus the child will be reassigned to be a child
of init (which is what we want).

It's probably an ugly hack, but it's _simple_.

-- 
Matthias Urlichs
noris network GmbH

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