Michael Tokarev wrote: > Wakko Warner wrote: > [] > > I would also be interested in this. For instance the AIC7xxx driver has > > every PCI id in the module I think in the .modinfo section which is not > > truely required once depmod has been run. [] > > The .modinfo section, for example the PCI IDs, IS required for the > module to function properly. The kernel and the module uses that > tables to determime which devices to work with, and with which paramteres.
I stripped out the section that had alias= and other vars from aic7xxx and it still worked. Not all modules worked doing that. -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals - 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/
