Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 May 1999 14:52:34 -0300 (EST) | From | christian <> | Subject | Re: Dynamic module loading |
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On Thu, 20 May 1999, Philipp Thomas wrote:
> That's what the -k parameter is for. Load with this, it *will* have the > (autoclean) :)
Never mind me, I surprise myself sometimes ;)
> >The 'scsi_lowlevel ppa' line in modules.conf is a better solution; > > Never seen that one. Care to mail it to me ? I'm always open for alternative > solutions.
Though I can't test it now - blown up my zip - it's said either scsi_lowlevel or scsi_hostadapter are called up when sd_mod is going up. I've got the message archived here somewhere.
> BTW, there is another way to solve this and that's what I'm doing. I just make > ppa reference a symbol from sd.c, when sd is configured as a module. Thus ppa > will be directly dependent on sd and depmod will see it and list it. No > modules.conf entry at all need for this :)
This is, IMHO, the best solution. This way, we don't have to worry about second-hand aliases. Isn't that what the dependency information is there for anyway?
On the other hand, scsi presents a special problem because many adapters can in theory provide service for devices of the same categories. What if we have two adapters both providing disk services (uncommon, I admit - but not so in the ppa case) or any same service - what can be done about that?
cr
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