From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:55:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:55:46 -0400 Received: from the-old.earth.li ([195.149.39.90]:40202 "EHLO the.earth.li") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 26 Jun 2001 08:55:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:55:31 +0200 From: Simon Huggins To: lkml Subject: Re: parport_pc tries to load parport_serial automatically Message-ID: <20010626145531.J3776@paranoidfreak.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: lkml In-Reply-To: <20010626102303.K7663@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010626102303.K7663@redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.19i Organization: Black Cat Networks, http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ X-Attribution: huggie Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi lkml, On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:23:03AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > > If the initialization of parport_serial fails, we obviously get an > > error message, which is really annoying: > [This is different to the issue that is fixed in the -ac tree about > parport_serial getting probed for even when disabled in config.] > The idea was that people who have multi-IO cards but don't know what > modules are can have things Just Work: parport_serial gets loaded > automagically and detects their cards for them. But yes, the flip > side is that people who _don't_ have multi-IO cards are going to get > that error. > - change parport_pc so that it doesn't request parport_serial at > init. In this case, how will parport_serial get loaded at all? > Perhaps with some recommended /etc/modules.conf lines (perhaps > parport_lowlevel{1,2,3,...})? Can't people who have such things just put: pre-install insmod parport-serial post-rm rmmod parport-serial in modules.conf? > - people who get the error and don't like it can put 'alias > parport_serial off' in /etc/modules.conf. Not especially pleasant, > I guess. That's the opposite of the above I suppose. > - parport_serial could be made to initialise successfully even if it > doesn't see any devices that it can drive. That sounds icky IMHO. Simon. -- UK based domain, email and web hosting ***/ "An excellent suggestion /* http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ **/ sir, with only two minor /** sales@blackcatnetworks.co.uk */ flaws...." - Kryten /*** Black Cat Networks / /****