Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:53:04 -0500, Bill Nottingham <notting@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I still think we should just use module aliases and either > > don't auto-bind, or separate the aliases by which driver is > > best. > > I tried that, and it would be feasible for installer, but the problem is, > aliases do not work with hotplug anymore in Rusty's module-init-tools. > They used to work with Keith's modutils. The reason is that Rusty's > modprobe only expands aliases once (he did not want to implement > loop detection). But modern kernels use a wildcard string to identify > a module. This string is matched with the use of an alias mechanism, > so a second match won't happen. > > http://www.livejournal.com/users/zaitcev/34396.html > http://www.livejournal.com/users/zaitcev/34596.html I mean separate the aliases *into the base drivers themselves* - not using libusual at all. i.e., a given usb id only matches one of usb-storage or ub. Bill -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
