On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:47:49AM -0800, Ravi wrote: > > I have a very simple question . How does > > Linux know that it has to load driver 'x' for > > device 'y'. > > It doesn't :) Um, yes, it can know this :) See the hotplug documentation at http://linux-hotplug.sf.net/ which shows how the kernel can automatically load modules when it sees devices of different types. The PCI, USB, and a few other subsystems already do this. thanks, greg k-h -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
