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SubjectRe: My $0.02 on devd and devfs
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orc@pell.portland.or.us (david parsons) said:
> In article <linux.kernel.199910120618.DAA04453@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>,

[...]

> If /dev/printer/0 will be a PC-style parallel port, and I've
> built the driver as a module, the device has shown up when the
> machine is built, but the driver is sitting there waiting for kmod
> to drag it into core.

See? Device _detection_ (i.e., identify a parallel port, here at bootup) is
not the same as device _setup_ (dragging module into kernel, plus whatever
other magic is needed to get it working).

OTOH, this can get quite hairy... f.ex. SCSI vs parport vs UCB Zip drives...
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