Re: hpfs module and kernel built-in hpfs both active ?

Eric Youngdale (eric@aib.com)
Wed, 8 Nov 1995 10:10:24 -0500

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>- Does it make any harm to my filesystems when I do have a filesystem build
> into the kernel and ADDITIONALLY load a module with the very same
>filesystem?
> Do they interfere ?
> BTW, this is possible with SCSI support (e.g. st.o), as well?

In this specific case, no. The reason is that st must reserve
a major number, and if the major number is already in use, the load should
fail.

-Eric

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