From: Kay Sievers Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:13:25 +0000 (+0200) Subject: FAQ: remove confusing statement about module loading X-Git-Tag: 174~2512 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=elogind.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e4b1a0f608c2d00e458b5cb47a6fba4da9aafe7e FAQ: remove confusing statement about module loading Signed-off-by: Kay Sievers --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 1b9e56d8c..abe88638b 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -31,11 +31,6 @@ Q: But udev will not automatically load a driver if a /dev node is opened A: Right, but Linux is supposed to load a module when a device is discovered not to load a module when it's accessed. -Q: But wait, I really want udev to automatically load drivers when they - are not present but the device node is opened. It's the only reason I - like using devfs. Please make udev do this. -A: No. udev is for managing /dev, not loading kernel drivers. - Q: Oh come on, pretty please. It can't be that hard to do. A: Such a functionality isn't needed on a properly configured system. All devices present on the system should generate hotplug events, loading