Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: My $0.02 on devd and devfs | Date | Tue, 12 Oct 1999 18:47:34 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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orc@pell.portland.or.us (david parsons) said: > In article <linux.kernel.199910120618.DAA04453@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl>,
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> 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... -- Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl Casilla 9G, Viña del Mar, Chile +56 32 672616
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