On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 17:01 -0700, Pete Zaitcev wrote: > > - request_module() is icky. I keep wanting to get rid of that > > function, and really don't want to see any further users get added. > > But that's just my feeling, if there's no other way to do this, I > > don't mind. > > Yes, yes, and yes. And also, it looks to me as if I am trying to do > something which "obviously" belongs to modprobe or other user mode > component. The trouble is, I am unable to find a different solution > which would not involve an alias pointing to an alias, and Rusty's > modprobe does not allow that. I could hack it up easily, but he > put in a comment, "that way lies madness". He probably knew what > he was doing.
I just didn't want to do loop detection. In userspace you can use an install command to get the same effect. Now, why did we want this? In small words... Rusty. -- A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
