Re: very common kernel modules slow down the boot process

[Dave Jones <davej redhat com>]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:10:34PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
 > Dave Jones (davej redhat com) said: 
 > > Hmm, possibly.   It looks like if the pnp code finds PNP0700 in the BIOS
 > > that a uevent occurs.   I found /etc/modprobe.d/floppy-pnp which contains
 > > alias pnp:dPNP0700 floppy
 > > 
 > > So yes it looks like disabling that in the BIOS (as long the BIOS stops reporting
 > > the PNP object) will make it stop being loaded.
 > 
 > So.... why isn't that alias in the driver?

That would involve someone having to look at floppy.c

	Dave

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