From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756556Ab2CYQHr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:07:47 -0400 Received: from oproxy8-pub.bluehost.com ([69.89.22.20]:44019 "HELO oproxy8-pub.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1756525Ab2CYQHp (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:07:45 -0400 Message-ID: <4F6F42CB.1020905@xenotime.net> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:07:39 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110323 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lucas De Marchi CC: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kay.sievers@vrfy.org, perex@perex.cz, tiwai@suse.de, davem@davemloft.net Subject: Re: [PATCHES v2 1/2] Documentation: replace install commands with softdeps References: <1331964803-25570-1-git-send-email-lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi> In-Reply-To: <1331964803-25570-1-git-send-email-lucas.demarchi@profusion.mobi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {1807:box742.bluehost.com:xenotime:xenotime.net} {sentby:smtp auth 50.53.38.135 authed with rdunlap@xenotime.net} Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03/16/2012 11:13 PM, Lucas De Marchi wrote: > Install commands should not be used to specify soft dependencies among > modules. When loading modules it's much better to have a softdep that > modprobe knows what's being done than having to fork/exec another > instance of modprobe to load the other module. > > By using a softdep user has also an option to remove the dependencies > when removing the module (and if its refcount dropped to 0) > > Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi Applied, thanks. > --- > > v2: addressed comments from Takashi Iwai and split the patch in two. There were > some changes to install commands that are better placed in a separate patch > > > Documentation/networking/bonding.txt | 3 +-- > Documentation/sound/oss/AudioExcelDSP16 | 4 ++-- > Documentation/sound/oss/README.modules | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt > index 080ad26..2d38eee 100644 > --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt > +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt > @@ -1826,8 +1826,7 @@ an equivalent problem can occur. In this case, the following can be > added to modprobe.conf (or modprobe.conf.local, as appropriate), as > follows (all on one line; it has been split here for clarity): > > -install bonding /sbin/modprobe tg3; /sbin/modprobe e1000; > - /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install bonding > +softdep bonding pre: tg3 e1000 > > This will, when loading the bonding module, rather than > performing the normal action, instead execute the provided command. > diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/AudioExcelDSP16 b/Documentation/sound/oss/AudioExcelDSP16 > index e0dc064..30cfccc 100644 > --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/AudioExcelDSP16 > +++ b/Documentation/sound/oss/AudioExcelDSP16 > @@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ Loading MSS and OPL3 needs to pre load the aedsp16 module to set up correctly > the sound card. Installation dependencies must be written in the modprobe.conf > file: > > -install ad1848 /sbin/modprobe aedsp16 && /sbin/modprobe -i ad1848 > -install opl3 /sbin/modprobe aedsp16 && /sbin/modprobe -i opl3 > +softdep ad1848 pre: aedsp16 > +softdep opl3 pre: aedsp16 > > Then you must load the sound modules stack in this order: > sound -> aedsp16 -> [ ad1848, opl3 ] > diff --git a/Documentation/sound/oss/README.modules b/Documentation/sound/oss/README.modules > index e691d74..716615a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/sound/oss/README.modules > +++ b/Documentation/sound/oss/README.modules > @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ options adlib_card io=0x388 # FM synthesizer > Alternatively, if you have compiled in kernel level ISAPnP support: > > alias char-major-14 sb > -post-install sb /sbin/modprobe "-k" "adlib_card" > +softdep sb post: adlib_card > options adlib_card io=0x388 > > The effect of this is that the sound driver and all necessary bits and -- ~Randy