linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/31] *** SUBJECT HERE ***

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Message-Id: <1236707391.6339.3.camel@quest>
Date:	Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:49:51 +0000
From:	Scott James Remnant <scott@...onical.com>
To:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] *** SUBJECT HERE ***

On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 18:46 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:

> I don't get how it could make any difference in terms of performance.
> As far as I know, all the module aliases that come from the kernel are
> assembled into /lib/modules/$version/modules.alias when the kernel is
> installed, and that file must be processed by modprobe the exact same
> way another configuration file would. Or am I missing something?
> 
With current modprobe those files are turned into a binary index that
can be read and processed *much* faster.

Scott
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