Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc4-git] s390, ccw - export modalias

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 12:59:39PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Bastian Blank <bastian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > This patch exports modalias for ccw devices.
> 
> And why do we want to do that?

So you can do:
	modprobe `echo /sys/device/path_to_device/modalias`
and the proper driver will automatically be loaded by userspace.

thanks,

greg k-h
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