> On Monday 13 March 2006 11:57, James Harper wrote:
> >
> > Any reason why lapd and kfifo are not prefixed by 'visdn_'?
> 
> Because it is a generic module not strictly bound to visdn, as lapd is
a
> standalone module not bound to visdn core.

Fair enough.

> > It seems a bit of a waste that visdn_configurator loads the hardware
> > drivers when the ones that are required should have been loaded
> > automatically by the operating system
> 
> Yes, you're right. Modules management should be done by the operating
> system through hotplug, unfortunately this is quite distro-dependent,
> so I'm still indagating how to do that in the best way.
> 
> Configuration should also be handled by hotplug (now udev) but the
same
> distro-specific issues arise.

I can't quite imagine how this would look... could you elaborate? Some
autoconfiguration could be achieved, but things like TE/NT mode would
still need to be in a configuration script yes?

> visdn_configurator is just a quick hack to allow an initial
configuration
> but it's not definitive at all.

If I update my patch to remove the kfifo and lapd modules, and remove
the modprobe of the hardware modules in visdn_configurator, would it be
accepted?

James
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