linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] allow kernel module exclusion on load

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Message-ID: <20070513182035.GA10207@infradead.org>
Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 19:20:35 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dan Aloni <da-x@...atomic.org>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow kernel module exclusion on load

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:23:52AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 16:25:17 +0300
> Dan Aloni <da-x@...atomic.org> wrote:
> 
> > Kernel developers might find it useful for quickly getting out from some 
> > rough debugging scenarios.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <da-x@...atomic.org>
> > 
> 
> There is already the modprobe blacklist ability in user space.

doesn't really help if hotplug loads a broken module before you're getting
a login prompt.  So while this is a bit of a hack I'm all in favour of this.
(Especially as I got hit by this issue again yesterday)
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