linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] ipmi: Setup ipmi_devintf automatically if ipmi

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Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:40:56 +0200
From:	"Wilck, Martin" <martin.wilck@...fujitsu.com>
To:	"trenn@...e.de" <trenn@...e.de>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"minyard@....org" <minyard@....org>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] ipmi: Setup ipmi_devintf automatically if
 ipmi_msghandler gets loaded

Thomas,

> > I vote for MODULE_SOFTDEP for upstream, and modalias for distros that
> > don't support MODULE_SOFTDEP yet.
> I vote for ipmi_msghandler.c renaming into ipmi_handler.c

sorry, I am not with you here. This is a small problem that should be
handled with small effort. Why apply a 3-part patch set for a problem
that can be solved with 2 modalias lines in user space?

Martin