Re: [PATCH] allow kernel module exclusion on load

[Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>]

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 09:23:52AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 16:25:17 +0300
> Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org> wrote:
> 
> > Kernel developers might find it useful for quickly getting out from some 
> > rough debugging scenarios.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Aloni <da-x@monatomic.org>
> > 
> 
> There is already the modprobe blacklist ability in user space.

Yes, however the point here is that you can easily (and temporarily)
blacklist a module *manually* from the boot loader without needing to 
actually perform a complete and successful boot. Using modprobe's 
blacklist requires editing /etc files, and it also doesn't apply 
for initrd/initramfs or other system/distribution-specific scripts 
that would do hardcoded sequential insmod invocations (for example
on embedded systems that require minimal userspace complexity).

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