redhat problems

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Thu Apr 17 11:28:17 EDT 2003


Not so fast. Maybe you're correct, and maybe not. Are you familiar with the ide-scsi module? When does that one get loaded--if it's to be loaded?

I cite ide-scsi as an example to you. Sayhing "later than the kernel" covers a lot of time, and pretty much the entire stack.

Lorenzo Prince writes:
> From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> 
> Kernel modules are loaded later than the kernel itself.  Unless there is a
> buffer in the kernel to keep track of the console text before the module
> is loaded, it won't catch all the text from the beginning.
> 
> Lorenzo
> 
> E Pluribus Unix
> 
> Janina Sajka staggered into view and mumbled:
> 
> > Lorenzo Prince writes:
> > >
> > > ... A modularized speakup [...] would lack some of the things we
> > > have come to love about Speakup, such as being able to hear all the boot
> > > messages or to scroll back the console through them.
> >
> >
> > So says you. Do you know this for a fact, or are you supposing this? Care to explain?
> >
> >
> > You did state it as fact.
> >
> > 				Janina
> >
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