On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 09:35 -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> _very_ few modules in 2.6 refuse to load anymore.  Almost all of them
> will now load, if you have the hardware for them or not.
> 
> Yes, there are still exceptions, but those are exceptions, not the rule,
> and are slowly being fixed to not do this.

Will the already loaded modules detect a hotplugged device and
initialize it when it is inserted?

If so, then there would be zero harm in loading modules which you do not
*always* need on a machine, such as a USB NIC, as mentioned in this
thread.

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Chris Gianelloni
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