Re: [RFC] put symbolic links between drivers and modules in the sysfs tree

[Herbert Xu]

James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> So what will your userland code do when you run it on a system with
>> non-modular kernel currently running?
> 
> Not put a module in the initial ramdisk, since it would be unnecessary. 
> The only information the patch seeks to add is the linkage between
> driver and module.  So you can work back from sysfs to know which
> devices have which modules

You're assuming that the kernel before/after the reboot have the same
configuration.  This is false in general.
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