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    SubjectRe: udev sysfs docs Re: State of devfs in 2.6?
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    Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:

    > On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 02:03:42PM +0100, Maciej Zenczykowski wrote:
    >
    >> - just because a device is present in the system doesn't mean that
    >> it's kernel modules are loaded
    >
    > No, but one could argue that it should :)

    One could equally well argue that it need not.

    >> - for example my floppy is always present in the system, but I access
    >> it like once a month or so
    >
    > Then, when you want to access it, a simple 'modprobe floppy' would work
    > for you, right?

    Only if you are root.

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    Måns Rullgård
    mru@kth.se

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