> so it's basically a pre softdep, but without libkmod (userspace) trying > to load it before the module requested. So, it's "softer than soft" or > even "something before pre". > > Thinking this way I find the name chosen odd, as the *user*space side of > module loading will actually *not* look into those deps. > > Cc'ing some more people for suggestions, as I only know I don't like > "user", but my suggestions may considered equally bad too: > > dull / still / early / runtime_request / maybe Ok, I thought of "user" because it was only going to be used by user applications but it could have other interpretations. Maybe another idea: "internal" to inform that there are dependencies and these are going to be solved internally? > Anyway, we will need to explain exactly what this is about in > modprobe.d(5). Ok, I will complete it when the dependency name is decided. > Other than the use case of creating a initramfs and not > missing any module, I don't think there would be any, right? Yes, my purpose is only that, I don't have detected any other case. Thanks Best regards José Ignacio
