Re: [PATCH] 2.5.5-pre1 IDE cleanup 9

From: Gerd Knorr (kraxel@bytesex.org)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 05:07:29 EST


> 1. Kill the ide-probe-mod by merging it with ide-mod. There is *really*
> no reaons for having this stuff split up into two different
> modules unless you wan't to create artificial module dependancies
> and waste space
> of page boundaries during memmory allocation for the modules

Ah, seems you are the one who broke modular ide in 2.5.5:

Older kernels:
  insmod ide-mod, insmod ide-disk, insmod ide-probe-mod => works.

2.5.5:
  insmod ide-mod, insmod ide-disk => mounting /dev/hda2 doesn't work.

  Gerd

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