[systemd-devel] systemd unit review requested

[Kay Sievers]

On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> wrote:

>> >It also depends on the wacom_w8001 and how it reacts when it's loaded
>> >and no hardware is present.
>> >
>> >Peter, couldn't this module be autoloaded?
>
> the module just sits there, it needs to be triggered by
> inputattach to actually hook onto the device. there's a small number of
> devices only that need it, so unconditionally modprobing it seems a bit
> wasteful.

Just curious:

There is one auto-loading alias in the module for the serio bus:
  $ modinfo wacom_w8001 | grep alias
  alias:          serio:ty02pr39id*ex*

Does that work? For all devices or only a few?
Can the serial device be detected that way?
Does inputattach talk to the device to find out what it is?

Thanks,
Kay