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Message-ID: <20080107062116.0aa37438@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 06:21:16 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: devzero@....de Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] show being-loaded/being-unloaded indicator for modules On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:09:23 +0100 devzero@....de wrote: > this looks very useful! > > >Unfortunatly, it's not always easy to see directly > >which module is being loaded/unloaded from the oops itself. > > no wonder, as most modules seem to be very quiet on on load/unload. > > > but i wonder if some mandatory "print a message on init/exit" > wouldn`t give a benefit to admins or end-users, too. sure this would > additionally clutter up syslog, but it would add transparency. Regardless of the usefulness, really, if this would be mandatory for all modules, it should be done in the module loader itself.... But I'm not entirely convinced how useful that is to do always, although I can see the point of having it as debug option, similar to the initcall debug stuff... -- If you want to reach me at my work email, use arjan@...ux.intel.com For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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