Re: [PATCH RFC] ata: Intel IDE-R support

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On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 13:42, Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> What I was curious about is what
> happens if some of them are already in the kernel but not all of them.

> udev would still be invoked the same and modprobe too but device -
> driver matching can and is probably likely to happen before modprobe
> finishes loading all the drivers, right?  Or is there a mechanism to
> hold off device - driver matching before the udev finishes handling
> the event for the controller?

The compiled-in drivers have matched and bound and blocked-out any
other driver of the device long before udev is even started load the
other drivers. The matching compiled-in drivers will always win over
the modules, regardless of their priority.

Is that what you mean? :)

Kay
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