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Package: modutils
Version: 2.4.11-1
Severity: wishlist
Hi !
Currently one can load a module with or without the -k option:
* with the -k option, the module, and all the modules it depends on,
are set to autoclean
* without the -k option, the module, and all the modules it depends
on, are set not to autoclean
I think a new option would be useful. With this option, the requested
module would be set not to autoclean, but the modules it depends on
would be set to autoclean.
This new option would be useful with daemons that deal with hot-plugged
hardware (PCMCIA, USB, or any other one that I don't know...).
For example, let's consider two modules foo1 and foo2 that both depend
on bar. foo1 is a module for a hot-plugged hardware, while foo2 is for
classic hardware.
Firstly, the hardware that uses foo1 is plugged in. The modules foo1 and
bar are loaded with autoclean unset.
Secondly, the kernel requires foo2. The module foo2 is then loaded with
autoclean set.
Thirdly, the hardware that uses foo1 is unplugged. The module foo1 is
unloaded. But, as foo2 depends on bar, bar is not unloaded.
Later, foo2 is not in use any more, and is unloaded. But bar is not set
to autoclean so it is never unloaded.
This situation really happened to me with foo1=mod_quickcam, foo2=bttv
and bar=videodev.
The foo1 module should not be loaded with autoclean option since the
hardware might not be used imediately. So an option to modprobe so that
foo1 is loaded with autoclean unset, and bar is loaded with autoclean
set, would be very useful.
And I think this option would not be very difficult to add. However, I
didn't try to do it. But, if you are interested, I might try to
implement it and send a patch.
Regards,
Nicolas
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux Tintin 2.4.16-tintin #1 Tue Nov 27 00:58:19 CET 2001 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR
Versions of packages modutils depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.4-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii sysvinit 2.84-1 System-V like init.
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This package has been removed from Debian unstable. I'm therefore
closing this bug report. The package has been removed because it
has been replaced by module-init-tools. modutils was for 2.4 kernels
only. It's quite unlikely that your bug still exists in
module-init-tools, but please let me know if it does.
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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