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> How do you reference, say, /dev/fd0 if the floppy module isn't even loaded?
> You need to do that so kmod loads the module, as things stand now.
This is the biggest problem I see with the current devfs. While it
loads many modules correct it does not work for all modules which
are supported by devfs if they are loaded.
Try a _ls -l /dev/ide/_ with ide-disk, ide-mod and ide-probe as modules.
It does not work. There should be some reference to the module name
in devfs. E.g. /dev/ide/hd would load the module ide-disk. Or
/dev/sr would load sr_mod. Btw. maybe it is time to rename some modules
and find a standard name style. If I think of the modules
sr_mod, sg, ide-disk, ...
I see no name standard. Wouldn't it be better to rename some modules
sg -> scsi-generic
sr_mod scsi-cdrom
sd -> scsi-disk
or something like this.
Regards,
Jogi
PS: Sorry for my broken english :\
--Well, yeah ... I suppose there's no point in getting greedy, is there?
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