On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 11:45 +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> If boot-speed and an easy life are the only reasons to ditch that policy
> of modularity then it's the focus narrow-minded and not being forward
> looking.
>
The non-modularity of the HCI drivers has nothing to do with boot speed.
> Presumbly the kernel does not have a single 'usb_hci' module for a
> reason; but this "subtle" change has created one.
>
Ah, but that's the problem! You can't treat the hcd drivers as
separate, once you load one you need to load them all and you need to
load them all in a specific order unrelated to which one you first
started with.
This is why they're built in.
Scott
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Scott James Remnant
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On Sat, 2009-04-04 at 11:45 +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> If boot-speed and an easy life are the only reasons to ditch that policy
> of modularity then it's the focus narrow-minded and not being forward
> looking.
>
The non-modularity of the HCI drivers has nothing to do with boot speed.
> Presumbly the kernel does not have a single 'usb_hci' module for a
> reason; but this "subtle" change has created one.
>
Ah, but that's the problem! You can't treat the hcd drivers as
separate, once you load one you need to load them all and you need to
load them all in a specific order unrelated to which one you first
started with.
This is why they're built in.
Scott
--
Scott James Remnant
<email address hidden>