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Message-Id: <20090306160211.754d8251.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:02:11 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	scott@...onical.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	bjorn.helgaas@...com, phdm@...qel.be
Subject: Re: [PATCH] floppy: Provide a PNP device table in the module.

On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:52:50 +0100
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 00:48, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:50:47 +0000
> > Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The missing device table means that the floppy module is not
> >> auto-loaded, even when the appropriate PNP device (0700) is found.
> >
> > Is this a regression? __Did 2.6.28 autoload OK?
> 
> No, it was never autoloaded by a kernel supplied alias. We ship
> special modprobe rules which define the alias, and this is part of an
> ongoing effort to move that information where it belongs, into the
> module itself.
> 

OK, thanks, I tossed it onto the 2.6.30 pile.
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