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Kay Sievers 578454ff7e driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loading 
This adds:
  alias: devname:<name>
to some common kernel modules, which will allow the on-demand loading
of the kernel module when the device node is accessed.

Ideally all these modules would be compiled-in, but distros seems too
much in love with their modularization that we need to cover the common
cases with this new facility. It will allow us to remove a bunch of pretty
useless init scripts and modprobes from init scripts.

The static device node aliases will be carried in the module itself. The
program depmod will extract this information to a file in the module directory:
  $ cat /lib/modules/2.6.34-00650-g537b60d-dirty/modules.devname
  # Device nodes to trigger on-demand module loading.
  microcode cpu/microcode c10:184
  fuse fuse c10:229
  ppp_generic ppp c108:0
  tun net/tun c10:200
  dm_mod mapper/control c10:235

Udev will pick up the depmod created file on startup and create all the
static device nodes which the kernel modules specify, so that these modules
get automatically loaded when the device node is accessed:
  $ /sbin/udevd --debug
  ...
  static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/cpu/microcode' c10:184
  static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/fuse' c10:229
  static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/ppp' c108:0
  static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/net/tun' c10:200
  static_dev_create_from_modules: mknod '/dev/mapper/control' c10:235
  udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/net/tun' 0666
  udev_rules_apply_static_dev_perms: chmod '/dev/fuse' 0666

A few device nodes are switched to statically allocated numbers, to allow
the static nodes to work. This might also useful for systems which still run
a plain static /dev, which is completely unsafe to use with any dynamic minor
numbers.

Note:
The devname aliases must be limited to the *common* and *single*instance*
device nodes, like the misc devices, and never be used for conceptually limited
systems like the loop devices, which should rather get fixed properly and get a
control node for losetup to talk to, instead of creating a random number of
device nodes in advance, regardless if they are ever used.

This facility is to hide the mess distros are creating with too modualized
kernels, and just to hide that these modules are not compiled-in, and not to
paper-over broken concepts. Thanks! :)

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Cc: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Cc: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-Off-By: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
2010-05-25 15:08:26 -07:00
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ABI mm: compaction: add /sys trigger for per-node memory compaction 2010-05-25 08:06:59 -07:00
accounting Documentation/: fix warnings from -Wmissing-prototypes in HOSTCFLAGS 2009-09-23 07:39:28 -07:00
acpi ACPI: support customizing ACPI control methods at runtime 2009-12-11 01:50:08 -05:00
aoe
arm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
auxdisplay includecheck fix: Documentation, cfag12864b-example.c 2009-09-24 07:20:57 -07:00
blackfin Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
block Documentation: fix block/biodoc.txt dma mapping description 2010-03-08 09:11:07 +01:00
blockdev The DRBD driver 2009-10-01 21:17:49 +02:00
cdrom ide: doc: remove compilation options section from ide-cd documentation 2009-12-13 20:41:53 -08:00
cgroups Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.35 2010-05-21 21:27:26 +02:00
connector Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
console doc: fix console doc typo 2010-02-24 13:51:32 +01:00
cpu-freq [CPUFREQ] Processor Clocking Control interface driver 2010-01-13 10:55:16 -05:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto async_tx: add support for asynchronous RAID6 recovery operations 2009-08-29 19:09:27 -07:00
development-process Documentation/development-process: add staging & mmotm info 2010-05-24 07:30:55 -07:00
device-mapper dm: document when snapshot has finished merging 2010-03-06 02:29:56 +00:00
DocBook docbook: make mtd nand module init static 2010-05-24 07:30:55 -07:00
driver-model Fix spelling of 'platform' in comments and doc 2010-02-05 12:22:34 +01:00
dvb Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
early-userspace
fault-injection lkdtm: add debugfs access and loosen KPROBE ties 2010-03-06 11:26:32 -08:00
fb fbdev: rename imacfb.txt to efifb.txt and change imacfb to efifb. 2010-04-07 08:38:02 -07:00
filesystems Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs 2010-05-25 08:17:01 -07:00
firmware_class driver core: fix documentation of request_firmware_nowait 2009-06-15 21:30:24 -07:00
frv
hwmon Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
i2c i2c-i801: Let the user disable selected driver features 2010-05-21 18:40:54 +02:00
i2o
ia64 Documentation/: fix warnings from -Wmissing-prototypes in HOSTCFLAGS 2009-09-23 07:39:28 -07:00
ide ide: preserve Host Protected Area by default (v2) 2009-06-07 13:52:52 +02:00
infiniband IB: Fix typo in ipoib.txt 2009-12-09 14:21:36 -08:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
ioctl Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2010-03-19 09:43:06 -07:00
isdn gigaset: small documentation improvement 2010-02-26 01:24:22 -08:00
ja_JP block: rename CONFIG_LBD to CONFIG_LBDAF 2009-06-19 08:08:50 +02:00
kbuild Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
kdump trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
ko_KR
kvm KVM: MMU: Segregate shadow pages with different cr0.wp 2010-05-19 11:41:09 +03:00
laptops Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mjg59/platform-drivers-x86 2010-05-21 17:13:24 -07:00
lguest Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
m68k
make
mips ide: remove unused CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_AU1XXX_SEQTS_PER_RQ 2009-01-14 19:19:03 +01:00
misc-devices ad525x_dpot: new driver for AD525x digital potentiometers 2009-12-15 08:53:25 -08:00
mn10300 trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
mtd trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
namespaces
netlabel Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
networking Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
parisc
PCI Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2010-05-21 18:58:52 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: dev_node removal (core) 2010-05-10 10:23:17 +02:00
power Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jbarnes/pci-2.6 2010-05-21 18:58:52 -07:00
powerpc Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2010-05-21 11:17:05 -07:00
pps LinuxPPS: core support 2009-06-18 13:04:04 -07:00
prctl
RCU Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-05-18 08:27:54 -07:00
s390 Merge branch 'for-next' into for-linus 2010-03-08 16:55:37 +01:00
scheduler sched: Remove USER_SCHED from documentation 2010-04-02 20:12:01 +02:00
scsi Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
serial ldisc: new dcd_change() method for line disciplines 2010-03-12 15:52:43 -08:00
sh sh: Kill off remaining CONFIG_SH_KGDB bits. 2008-12-22 18:44:05 +09:00
sound Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound-2.6 2010-05-20 09:41:44 -07:00
sparc
spi spi/ep93xx: implemented driver for Cirrus EP93xx SPI controller 2010-05-25 00:23:16 -06:00
sysctl mm: compaction: add a tunable that decides when memory should be compacted and when it should be reclaimed 2010-05-25 08:06:59 -07:00
telephony
thermal thermal: add sanity check for the passive attribute 2009-11-05 18:18:10 -05:00
timers Documentation/timers/hpet_example: drop duplicate header files 2010-05-24 07:30:56 -07:00
trace Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
uml
usb Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/usb-2.6 2010-05-20 21:26:12 -07:00
video4linux V4L/DVB: saa7134: Add support new Behold TV cards 2010-05-19 12:58:41 -03:00
vm Documentation/vm: use better value for MAP_HUGETLB 2010-05-24 07:30:56 -07:00
w1 Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
watchdog watchdog: update/improve/consolidate watchdog driver 2010-05-25 09:05:34 +00:00
wimax i2400m: documentation and instructions for usage 2009-01-07 10:00:18 -08:00
x86 x86, numa: Remove configurable node size support for numa emulation 2010-02-15 14:34:18 -08:00
zh_CN
00-INDEX Add a document describing the padata interface 2010-05-14 09:18:55 -06:00
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
bad_memory.txt Document handling of bad memory 2008-12-03 16:09:53 -07:00
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
braille-console.txt trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
bt8xxgpio.txt
btmrvl.txt Bluetooth: Add documentation for Marvell Bluetooth driver 2009-08-22 14:25:32 -07:00
BUG-HUNTING
cachetlb.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
Changes netfilter: xtables: remove xt_string revision 0 2010-03-25 17:04:57 +01:00
circular-buffers.txt Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities 2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
CodingStyle trivial: fix typo milisecond/millisecond for documentation and source comments. 2009-06-12 18:01:46 +02:00
cpu-hotplug.txt cpumask: don't recommend set_cpus_allowed hack in Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt 2009-12-17 11:43:29 +10:30
cpu-load.txt
cputopology.txt Documentation: ABI: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu#/ topology files 2009-10-30 14:59:52 -07:00
credentials.txt CRED: Holding a spinlock does not imply the holding of RCU read lock 2010-04-27 08:49:03 +10:00
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt ieee1394: update URLs in debugging-via-ohci1394.txt 2009-10-03 09:28:11 +02:00
dell_rbu.txt trivial: Documentation/dell_rbu.txt: fix typos 2009-06-12 18:01:50 +02:00
devices.txt driver core: add devname module aliases to allow module on-demand auto-loading 2010-05-25 15:08:26 -07:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
DMA-API.txt Documentation: rename PCI-DMA-mapping.txt to DMA-API-HOWTO.txt 2010-03-12 15:52:43 -08:00
DMA-attributes.txt
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
dmaengine.txt async_tx, dmaengine: document channel allocation and api rework 2009-01-05 18:10:19 -07:00
dontdiff Merge branch 'for-linus-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rostedt/linux-2.6-kconfig 2010-02-25 14:43:57 -08:00
dynamic-debug-howto.txt Dynamic debug: allow simple quoting of words 2009-03-24 16:38:27 -07:00
edac.txt fix typos/grammos in Documentation/edac.txt 2009-12-04 15:39:53 +01:00
eisa.txt doc: fix Defaultd -> Defaults typo in EISA doc 2010-02-05 12:22:39 +01:00
email-clients.txt Documentation/email-clients.txt: update gmail information 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-05-20 21:04:44 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt Update flex_arrays.txt 2009-10-15 07:25:20 -06:00
futex-requeue-pi.txt futex: add requeue-pi documentation 2009-05-09 07:12:50 +02:00
gcov.txt trivial: fix typo in CONFIG_DEBUG_FS in gcov doc 2009-09-21 15:14:56 +02:00
gpio.txt gpio: introduce gpio_request_one() and friends 2010-03-06 11:26:48 -08:00
highuid.txt
HOWTO Documentation/HOWTO: update git home URL 2010-04-22 15:24:56 -07:00
hw_random.txt
init.txt init/main.c: improve usability in case of init binary failure 2010-03-06 11:26:29 -08:00
initrd.txt
intel_txt.txt Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
Intel-IOMMU.txt intel-iommu: Kill DMAR_BROKEN_GFX_WA option. 2009-09-19 09:37:23 -07:00
io_ordering.txt
io-mapping.txt io mapping: improve documentation 2008-11-03 18:21:44 +01:00
IO-mapping.txt Documentation: fix ioremap return type 2010-01-02 10:09:44 -08:00
iostats.txt
IPMI.txt ipmi: add parameter to limit CPU usage in kipmid 2010-03-12 15:52:39 -08:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt documentation: update kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO information 2010-01-11 09:34:07 -08:00
kernel-docs.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt watchdog: update/improve/consolidate watchdog driver 2010-05-25 09:05:34 +00:00
keys-request-key.txt
keys.txt KEYS: Add a keyctl to install a process's session keyring on its parent [try #6] 2009-09-02 21:29:22 +10:00
kmemcheck.txt kmemcheck: update documentation 2009-07-01 22:36:22 +02:00
kmemleak.txt kmemleak: add clear command support 2009-09-08 16:36:08 +01:00
kobject.txt kobject: documentation: Update to refer to kset-example.c. 2010-03-19 07:12:20 -07:00
kprobes.txt Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-05-20 09:20:59 -07:00
kref.txt kref: double kref_put() in my_data_handler() 2009-09-18 09:48:52 -07:00
ldm.txt
leds-class.txt led: document sysfs interface 2009-08-28 15:21:12 -04:00
leds-lp3944.txt leds: LED driver for National Semiconductor LP3944 Funlight Chip 2009-06-23 20:21:38 +01:00
local_ops.txt trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
lockdep-design.txt lockdep: Fix typos in documentation 2009-08-07 12:03:46 +02:00
lockstat.txt lockstat: Add usage info to Documentation/lockstat.txt 2009-12-06 13:20:02 +01:00
logo.gif Revert "linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz" 2009-04-27 12:00:27 -07:00
logo.txt Revert "linux.conf.au 2009: Tuz" 2009-04-27 12:00:27 -07:00
magic-number.txt documentation: update header file paths 2009-01-06 15:59:28 -08:00
Makefile Documentation/fs/: split txt and source files 2010-03-12 15:52:35 -08:00
ManagementStyle docs: fix ManagementStyle book name 2008-10-30 11:38:46 -07:00
mca.txt
md.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt Document Linux's circular buffering capabilities 2010-03-24 16:31:22 -07:00
memory-hotplug.txt mm: add numa node symlink for memory section in sysfs 2009-12-15 08:53:17 -08:00
memory.txt Documentation/memory.txt: remove some very outdated recommendations 2009-09-22 07:17:26 -07:00
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt
nmi_watchdog.txt x86, nmi-watchdog: update procfs nmi_watchdog file documentation v2 2008-10-30 19:07:04 +01:00
nommu-mmap.txt nommu: fix malloc performance by adding uninitialized flag 2009-12-15 08:53:24 -08:00
numastat.txt mm: fix NUMA accounting in numastat.txt 2009-09-22 07:17:39 -07:00
oops-tracing.txt panic: Add taint flag TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND ('I') 2010-05-19 08:37:43 +01:00
padata.txt Add a document describing the padata interface 2010-05-14 09:18:55 -06:00
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
pi-futex.txt
pnp.txt doc: capitalization and other minor fixes in pnp doc 2010-02-05 12:22:44 +01:00
preempt-locking.txt
printk-formats.txt DOC: add printk-formats.txt 2008-11-12 17:17:17 -08:00
prio_tree.txt
rbtree.txt rbtree: Add support for augmented rbtrees 2010-02-18 15:40:56 -08:00
rfkill.txt Document the rfkill sysfs ABI 2010-03-10 17:09:33 -05:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt futex: documentation: fix inconsistent description of futex list_op_pending 2009-06-18 13:03:56 -07:00
robust-futexes.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt rtc: add boot_timesource sysfs attribute 2009-09-23 07:39:46 -07:00
SAK.txt
SecurityBugs
SELinux.txt
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
slow-work.txt SLOW_WORK: Move slow_work's proc file to debugfs 2009-12-01 08:20:31 -08:00
SM501.txt trivial: Miscellaneous documentation typo fixes 2009-06-12 18:01:47 +02:00
Smack.txt Documentation/: it's -> its where appropriate 2010-04-23 02:09:52 +02:00
sparse.txt doc: Change urls for sparse 2010-04-27 22:59:07 +02:00
spinlocks.txt Documentation: rw_lock lessons learned 2009-12-14 09:46:56 -08:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt
stable_kernel_rules.txt Documentation: -stable rules: upstream commit ID requirement reworded 2010-04-22 15:24:56 -07:00
SubmitChecklist Documentation: update SubmitChecklist for O=objdir and kconfig testing 2010-05-24 07:31:20 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers
SubmittingPatches docs: update patch size in SubmittingPatches 2009-10-01 16:11:12 -07:00
svga.txt
sysfs-rules.txt Fix typos in comments 2010-03-16 11:47:56 +01:00
sysrq.txt Input: Documentation/sysrq.txt - update KEY_SYSRQ info 2010-05-19 10:14:15 -07:00
tomoyo.txt tomoyo: add Documentation/tomoyo.txt 2009-04-14 09:14:58 +10:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
VGA-softcursor.txt
vgaarbiter.txt vgaarbiter: fix a typo in the vgaarbiter Documentation 2009-12-16 11:28:58 -08:00
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt: correct cpu_relax() documentation 2010-03-24 16:31:20 -07:00
zorro.txt