Re: 2.4.4-ac4 - oops on unload "cdrom" module

[Jens Axboe]

On Fri, May 04 2001, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > The following patch fixes unloading of cdrom module when no cdrom driver
> > loaded (2.4.5-pre, 2.4.4-ac):
> 
> It works for me. Thank you! You have even managed to find out that I had
> my CD-ROM disconnected :-)
> 
> By the way, shouldn't we register sysctl, /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/ and
> /dev/cdrom/ always when the cdrom driver is loaded/initialized, not when a
> cdrom unit is found?
> 
> I don't know what's the official "policy" is, but wouldn't it be logical
> to have some control over the drivers that handle no devices in the
> moment?

We should, the -ac tree has the first cut of the cdrom updates and they
didn't have the linking right. The right init sequence fixes the issue
as well, not just initing after the first cdrom driver registers.

-- 
Jens Axboe