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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/pppox.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/pppox.c b/drivers/net/pppox.c
index 3f8115db4d5..f3e47d0c2b3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/pppox.c
+++ b/drivers/net/pppox.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/ppp_defs.h>
#include <linux/if_ppp.h>
#include <linux/ppp_channel.h>
+#include <linux/kmod.h>
#include <net/sock.h>
@@ -114,6 +115,13 @@ static int pppox_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
goto out;
rc = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+ if (!pppox_protos[protocol]) {
+ char buffer[32];
+ sprintf(buffer, "pppox-proto-%d", protocol);
+ request_module(buffer);
+ }
+#endif
if (!pppox_protos[protocol] ||
!try_module_get(pppox_protos[protocol]->owner))
goto out;