Messages in this thread | | | From | david parsons <> | Subject | Re: SCSI Makefile cleanup | Date | Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:12:57 -0800 (PST) |
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Jeff Garzik wrote: > > david parsons wrote: > > It might be worthwhile to add a requirements function call to the > > kernel, so you can have drivers explicitly load what they depend > > on before they start loading. Something like: > > > > need("aha1542"); > > > > in the buslogic driver? > > That would be wonderful... I really don't like defining driver load > order implicitly through Makefile link order. I imagine "need()" would > have to be some sort of trigger which ld (or a pre-ld script) uses to > figure out the link order for the static kernel image?
That would work better than what I was thinking about:. I was actually thinking of maintaining some sort of (dare I say it?) kernel registry, but that would be massive overkill for these purposes.
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