linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH 019/117] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup vmbus

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Message-ID: <6E21E5352C11B742B20C142EB499E048081B26EC@TK5EX14MBXC126.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:12:43 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
CC:	"gregkh@...e.de" <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 019/117] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup vmbus_uevent() code



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@...ah.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:00 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@...e.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; Haiyang Zhang
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 019/117] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup vmbus_uevent() code
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:38:09AM +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg@...ah.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 6:50 PM
> > > To: KY Srinivasan
> > > Cc: gregkh@...e.de; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > > devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; Haiyang Zhang
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 019/117] Staging: hv: vmbus: Cleanup vmbus_uevent()
> code
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:46:07AM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > > > Now generate appropriate uevent based on the modalias string. As part of
> this,
> > > > cleanup the existing uevent code.
> > >
> > > Note, you just change the user api here, did you have tools that relied
> > > on the old format?  If so, they just broke :(
> >
> > Prior to this, I don't think autoloading worked the way it should for these
> > modules.
> 
> It didn't?  How did the mouse driver get autoloaded then, through the
> pci/dmi tables?

You are right, prior to this all drivers were loaded using pci/dmi signatures.

Regards,

K. Y
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