Re: [PATCH v2] net: tunnels - enable module autoloading

From: David Miller
Date: Wed May 21 2014 - 15:47:55 EST


From: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 May 2014 23:21:30 +0200

> Enable the module alias hookup to allow tunnel modules to be autoloaded on demand.
>
> This is in line with how most other netdev kinds work, and will allow userspace
> to create tunnels without having CAP_SYS_MODULE.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen <teg@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: add ';'
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> I must have sent out the wrong version of this patch. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Applied to net-next, although I never saw a firm conclusion in the
thread for the original patch where there was a discussion about
whether this is already possible or not.
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