Re: module-init-tools/udev and module auto-loading

[Martin Schlemmer]

On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 21:33, viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 07:48:06PM +0200, Martin Schlemmer wrote:
> > > > I guess there will be cries of murder if 'somebody' suggested that if
> > > > a node in /dev is opened, but not there, the kernel can call
> > > > 'modprobe -q /dev/foo' to load whatever alias there might have been?
> 
> Vetoed.  _Especially_ when you are checking that on "pathname prefix"
> level - namei.c is not a place for such special-casing.
> 

Well, I do not scratch around in there in general.  I guess the question
is:

1)  This this idea is Ok to make it (not patch or where it is, but the
idea in general.

2)  If yes to 1), any suggested place I should have a look at?


Thanks,

-- 
Martin Schlemmer

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