--- Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> wrote: > 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. Even with hotplug, the kernel doesn't know which driver to load, isn't that right? From what I understand, the hotplug user mode agents have to be configured to pick the right driver for a given card (based on the information given by the kernel). What I tried to say in my earlier mail was: Kernel can't pick the driver for a given device. Instead, it associates devices with drivers when a driver is loaded. Is that statement correct? -Thanks, Ravi. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
