Re: parport_pc tries to load parport_serial automatically

From: Keith Owens (kaos@ocs.com.au)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 09:34:25 EST


On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:53:55 +0100,
Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 11:37:19PM +1000, Keith Owens wrote:
>
>> "below parport_pc parport-serial" is even cleaner. One line, modprobe
>> does everything else.
>
>Would this have any different effect than the current situation if
>parport_serial fails to load?

It behaves the same as an inter-module dependency, if parport-serial
fails then parport_pc will not be loaded. If I remember correctly,
this was suggested in the context that people who want both should put
something in modules.conf, IOW this is what the user asked for.

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