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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mii module broken under new scheme
Petr Vandrovec wrote:

> I think that retrieving module name from module's binary is wrong: I
> need to have dummy.o (network driver) insmodded two times to get my
> test environment up.


agreed... this requirement is why the redundant no_module_init is needed :(


> I do not think that it is correct that I must add multiple device support
> to the dummy due to new module loader, and creating two dummy.o,
> with different .modulename sections, also does not look like reasonable
> solution to me.


The promise of minimal driver breakage is rapidly fading away.

Jeff, still grumbling from last email message :)


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