Re: Putting PCI-class/vendor/deviceinfo into source of PCI-drivers

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@pg.gda.pl)
Sat, 4 Dec 1999 12:23:05 -0022 (MET)

>
> I'm preparing a very similar mechanism for my PCI hotplug code. It should
> work this way:
>
[...]
> o If no driver is found and kmod is enabled, modprobe gets called to find
> a driver corresponding to the device ID according to modules.dep and load
> the appropriate module.

This should be optional. User may wish not to load a module for hotplugged
device for some reason or choose between a few modules supporting the same
device.

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  Andrzej M. Krzysztofowicz               ankry@mif.pg.gda.pl
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Faculty of Applied Phys. & Math.,   Technical University of Gdansk


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