Re: [Xen-devel] RFC: removing hardcoded "modprobe blktap" in xencommons

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:16:01PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> George Dunlap writes ("Re: RFC: removing hardcoded "modprobe blktap" in 
> xencommons"):
> > If we did something like this, we'd still have to have the modprobes in 
> > xencommons for older kernels; we'd just have to have a way to disable it 
> > for newer kernels.
> 
> Many of the modules we'd be asking for (eg blktap*) don't exist on
> newer kernels at all, so the modprobe is harmless.
> 
> For the others we can check uname.
> 

I think Jan's main point is "defer loading modules till the last
minute". Checking for uname in xencommons cannot achieve that.


Wei.

> Ian.

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