Hi Jean, > I just can't find any value in MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(WATCHDOG_MINOR) > and MODULE_ALIAS_MISCDEV(TEMP_MINOR) statements. > > Either the device is enumerated and the driver already has a module > alias (e.g. PCI, USB etc.) that will get the right driver loaded > automatically. > > Or the device is not enumerated and loading its driver will lead to > more or less intrusive hardware poking. Such hardware poking should be > limited to a bare minimum, so the user should really decide which > drivers should be tried and in what order. Trying them all in > arbitrary order can't do any good. > > On top of that, loading that many drivers at once bloats the kernel > log. Also many drivers will stay loaded afterward, bloating the output > of "lsmod" and wasting memory. Some modules (cs5535_mfgpt which gets > loaded as a dependency) can't even be unloaded! > > If defining char-major-10-130 is needed then it should happen in > user-space. > > Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <[email protected]> > Cc: Wim Van Sebroeck <[email protected]> > Cc: Stephen Warren <[email protected]> > Cc: Mike Frysinger <[email protected]> > Cc: Wan ZongShun <[email protected]> > Cc: Ben Dooks <[email protected]> > Cc: Kukjin Kim <[email protected]> > Cc: Zwane Mwaikambo <[email protected]> > Cc: Jim Cromie <[email protected]> > Cc: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>
This patch has been added to linux-watchdog-next. I also added the removal part for the new rt2880_wdt.c driver to it. Kind regards, Wim. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
