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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???)
From:       "Andrew J. Anderson" <andrew () db ! erau ! edu>
Date:       1998-08-12 20:39:51
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On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:

>    Do we even need a daemon running all the time? We've just changed
>    module handling so that module requests simply invoke modprobe
>    directly rather than using a kludgy communication method with
>    kerneld. Is there something to be learned here?

Actually I've been trying to figure out if pre and post scripts from
modprobe could be used to do the device creation/destruction, then a
daemon may not be needed.

The minor number could be passed to modprobe from the kernel, since
modprobe _should_ already know the major number, but the device _names_
could be determined by a modified modprobe, perhapsby referencing another
field in conf.modules. 

Richard, what are your thoughts on this?  I can't think of why this
wouldn't work, but I may be missing something.

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