linux/drivers
Kay Sievers 263756ec22 [PATCH] ide: MODALIAS support for autoloading of ide-cd, ide-disk, ...
IDE: MODALIAS support for autoloading of ide-cd, ide-disk, ...

Add MODULE_ALIAS to IDE midlayer modules: ide-disk, ide-cd, ide-floppy and
ide-tape, to autoload these modules depending on the probed media type of
the IDE device.

It is used by udev and replaces the former agent shell script of the hotplug
package, which was required to lookup the media type in the proc filesystem.
Using proc was racy, cause the media file is created after the hotplug event
is sent out.

The module autoloading does not take any effect, until something like the
following udev rule is configured:
  SUBSYSTEM=="ide",  ACTION=="add", ENV{MODALIAS}=="?*", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe $env{MODALIAS}"

The module ide-scsi will not be autoloaded, cause it requires manual
configuration. It can't be, and never was supported for automatic setup in
the hotplug package. Adding a MODULE_ALIAS to ide-scsi for all supported
media types, would just lead to a default blacklist entry anyway.

  $ modinfo ide-disk
  filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.15-rc4-g1b0997f5/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko
  description:    ATA DISK Driver
  alias:          ide:*m-disk*
  license:        GPL
  ...

  $ modprobe -vn ide:m-disk
  insmod /lib/modules/2.6.15-rc4-g1b0997f5/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko

  $ cat /sys/bus/ide/devices/0.0/modalias
  ide:m-disk

It also adds attributes to the IDE device:
  $ tree /sys/bus/ide/devices/0.0/
  /sys/bus/ide/devices/0.0/
  |-- bus -> ../../../../../../../bus/ide
  |-- drivename
  |-- media
  |-- modalias
  |-- power
  |   |-- state
  |   `-- wakeup
  `-- uevent

  $ cat /sys/bus/ide/devices/0.0/{modalias,drivename,media}
  ide:m-disk
  hda
  disk

Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2006-01-04 16:18:09 -08:00
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atm [PATCH] drivers/atm/adummy.c NULL noise removal 2005-12-15 10:04:31 -08:00
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cdrom [PATCH] drivers/cdrom: kmalloc + memset -> kzalloc conversion 2005-11-07 07:53:59 -08:00
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connector [PATCH] Add timestamp field to process events 2005-12-12 08:57:42 -08:00
cpufreq [PATCH] clean up lock_cpu_hotplug() in cpufreq 2005-11-28 14:42:23 -08:00
crypto [PATCH] CONFIG_IA32 2005-10-30 17:37:10 -08:00
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eisa [PATCH] drivers/eisa: kmalloc + memset -> kzalloc conversion 2005-11-07 07:53:59 -08:00
fc4 [SPARC]: introduce a SPARC Kconfig symbol 2005-12-22 23:09:54 -08:00
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hwmon [PATCH] hwmon: w83792d fix unused fan pins 2005-11-29 21:39:22 -08:00
i2c [PATCH] i2c: Fix i2c-mv64xxx compilation error 2005-12-16 11:25:25 -08:00
ide [PATCH] ide: MODALIAS support for autoloading of ide-cd, ide-disk, ... 2006-01-04 16:18:09 -08:00
ieee1394 [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
infiniband [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
input [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
isdn [PARISC] Mark hisax and pcbit ISDN drivers as not for parisc 2005-11-18 16:20:10 -05:00
macintosh [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
mca [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
md [PATCH] md: Change case of raid level reported in sys/mdX/md/level 2005-12-19 16:47:50 -08:00
media [PATCH] Simplify the VIDEO_SAA7134_OSS Kconfig dependency line 2005-12-29 13:21:16 -08:00
message [PATCH] i2o: Do not disable pci device when it's in use 2005-12-18 11:19:43 -08:00
mfd [PATCH] input: fix ucb1x00-ts breakage after conversion to dynamic input_dev allocation 2005-12-12 08:57:45 -08:00
misc Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-drvmodel 2005-11-11 09:24:26 -08:00
mmc [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
mtd [SPARC]: introduce a SPARC Kconfig symbol 2005-12-22 23:09:54 -08:00
net [TG3]: Update driver version and reldate. 2005-12-28 13:05:41 -08:00
nubus
oprofile
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parport [PATCH] kfree cleanup: misc remaining drivers 2005-11-07 07:54:05 -08:00
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pcmcia [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
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sbus [PATCH] sbus/char/uctrl: missing prototypes and NULL noise removal 2005-12-15 10:01:28 -08:00
scsi [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
serial [ARM] 3216/1: indent and typo in drivers/serial/pxa.c 2005-12-30 15:57:35 +00:00
sh [PATCH] superhyway: multiple block support and VCR rework 2005-11-07 07:53:28 -08:00
sn
tc [MIPS] zs.c: Resurrect the deceased zs.c for now. 2005-11-17 16:23:39 +00:00
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usb [PATCH] driver core: replace "hotplug" by "uevent" 2006-01-04 16:18:08 -08:00
video [VIDEO] sbuslib: Disallow private mmaps. 2005-12-24 12:06:10 -08:00
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zorro [PATCH] fix missing includes 2005-10-30 17:37:32 -08:00
Kconfig
Makefile Link USB drivers later in the kernel 2005-12-03 20:50:51 -08:00