From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: scott@canonical.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bjorn.helgaas@hp.com, phdm@macqel.be
Subject: Re: [PATCH] floppy: Provide a PNP device table in the module.
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 16:02:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090306160211.754d8251.akpm@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac3eb2510903061552x696eb33ctf587449318e2615a@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:52:50 +0100
Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 00:48, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 6 Mar 2009 17:50:47 +0000
> > Scott James Remnant <scott@canonical.com> wrote:
> >
> >> The missing device table means that the floppy module is not
> >> auto-loaded, even when the appropriate PNP device (0700) is found.
> >
> > Is this a regression? __Did 2.6.28 autoload OK?
>
> No, it was never autoloaded by a kernel supplied alias. We ship
> special modprobe rules which define the alias, and this is part of an
> ongoing effort to move that information where it belongs, into the
> module itself.
>
OK, thanks, I tossed it onto the 2.6.30 pile.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-07 0:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-06 17:50 Scott James Remnant
2009-03-06 18:30 ` Kay Sievers
2009-03-06 23:48 ` Andrew Morton
2009-03-06 23:52 ` Kay Sievers
2009-03-07 0:02 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
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