linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] uinput: add devname alias to allow module on-demand load

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Message-ID: <20100919232751.GB6565@core.coreip.homeip.net>
Date:	Sun, 19 Sep 2010 16:27:51 -0700
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] uinput: add devname alias to allow module on-demand load

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 06:59:24PM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 18:05, Dmitry Torokhov
> <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:53:43AM +0200, Kay Sievers wrote:
> >> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 14:58, Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org> wrote:
> >> > From: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
> >> > Subject: uinput: add devname alias to allow module on-demand load
> >> >
> >> > Recent modprobe and udev versions allow to create device nodes
> >> > for modules which are not loaded. Only the first access will cause
> >> > the in-kernel module loader to pull-in the module. Systems which
> >> > never access the device node will not needlessly load the module,
> >> > and no longer need init scripts or other facilities to unconditionally
> >> > load it.
> >>
> >> Dmitry?
> 
> > [dtor@...mer work]$ git describe --contains 8905aaafb4b5d9764c5b4b54c7d03eb41bb0a7e9
> > v2.6.36-rc3~19^2~2
> 
> Awesome!
> So much for stupidly waiting-for-reply instead of just checking the reality. :)
> 

Well, my fault really. Normally I try to let people know when I accept a
patch but I neglected doing this in this case...

-- 
Dmitry
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