linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] modules: add support for soft module dependencies

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:03:29 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	Andreas Robinson <andr345@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zhao Hongjiang <zhaohongjiang@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] modules: add support for soft module dependencies

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 09:32:02AM +0930, Rusty Russell wrote:
> Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au> writes:
> > Hi Rusty:
> >
> > I don't know why this patch never went into the kernel, even
> > though the corresponding features have been added to modprobe
> > in most if not all distros.
> 
> Because Andreas never sent me the patch?  This is the first I've *heard*
> of this feature.  Looks like it didn't hit lkml either.  And what was
> 2/2?

2/2 was the patch to actually use this in crc32c.

> It's not how I would have done this: post-deps are more flexibly done at
> runtime, because the module may have to do work to figure out what to
> pull in.  But since it already exists, I'll apply this patch: it doesn't
> cost the kernel anything.
> 
> And I've fixed the example, so we know how to list multiple modules!

Thanks!
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