From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261932AbUEVWbM (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 May 2004 18:31:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261937AbUEVWbM (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 May 2004 18:31:12 -0400 Received: from pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.3]:41088 "EHLO pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261932AbUEVWbL (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 May 2004 18:31:11 -0400 Message-Id: <200405222230.i4MMUwt29709@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Vadim Lobanov cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Subject: Re: modprobe_path & hotplug_path In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 22 May 2004 15:05:28 MST." <20040522150054.R26485-100000@attu1.cs.washington.edu> X-mailer: MH [Version 6.8.4] X-charset: ISO_8859-1 Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 18:30:58 -0400 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Vadim Lobanov said: > Currently modprobe_path and hotplug_path are declared as "char ...[256]", > though it seems to me (unless I've missed something), that they only ever > hold "/sbin/modprobe" and "/sbin/hotplug", respectively. Any reason why we > couldn't simply declare them "char ...[]", and let them be sized > appropriately? They can be modified by writing into appropiate /proc files. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513