[PPPOL2TP]: Add the ability to autoload a pppox protocol module.
This patch allows a name "pppox-proto-nnn" to be used in modprobe.conf
to autoload a driver for PPPoX protocol nnn.
Signed-off-by: James Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: linux-2.6.21-rc4/drivers/net/pppox.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.21-rc4.orig/drivers/net/pppox.c
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc4/drivers/net/pppox.c
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ static int pppox_create(struct socket *s
goto out;
rc = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+ if (!pppox_protos[protocol]) {
+ char buffer[32];
+ sprintf(buffer, "pppox-proto-%d", protocol);
+ request_module(buffer);
+ }
+#endif
if (!pppox_protos[protocol] ||
!try_module_get(pppox_protos[protocol]->owner))
goto out;
-
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