Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/4] xen kconfig: keep XEN_XENBUS_FRONTEND builtin

[Bastian Blank <waldi@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 09:37:45AM -0500, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Or is it possible to make the modules (fb) try to load xenbus frontend
> automatically? Preferrably one would do this:

Which modules?

> modprobe xen_fbfront
> which would then automatically load xenbus_module, xen_kbdfront

I think you are missing something.

| video/xen-fbfront.c:      return xenbus_register_frontend(&xenfb_driver);
| xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe_frontend.c:EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xenbus_register_frontend);

xen-fbfront already pulls in the module, at least in Linus' tree.

> Better yet if udev/kudzu figured out this automtically and loaded
> the modules.

No workarounds for kernel problems if not absolutely necessary.

Bastian

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