The numdummies parameter cannot replace being able to load new copies of the dummy module because it can not be modified after the module has been loaded. This is a big problem when users need to add additional dummy devices to a running system (and I can attest myself that there are real use cases for this). Please do not remove features for which there are no alternatives.
And anyway this will obviously break existing configurations, so at least the option should have been deprecated with a warning message for a full release cycle. I am amazed that such a change got merged, do other distributions care about not breaking their users' system or do you just believe that it is easier to reinstall a server than to upgrade it to a new major relase? -- ciao, Marco -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-modules" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
