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

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Message-ID: <46475B4F.2020903@msgid.tls.msk.ru>
Date:	Sun, 13 May 2007 22:39:11 +0400
From:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Aloni <da-x@...atomic.org>,
	Linux Kernel List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow kernel module exclusion on load

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:23:52AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
[]
>> 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.

modprobe blacklist is designed especially for this very case: to stop
hotplug loading broken modules. ;)

But yes, in order to use the blacklist, one have to fill in the list
itself, for which one has to log in...

/mjt
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