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DateFri, 26 May 2006 14:43:09 -0700
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: [patch 03/13] input: make input a multi-object module
Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>Move the input.c to input-core.c and modify Makefile so that the input module
> >>can be built from multiple source files. This is preparing for the input-ff.c.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Anssi Hannula <anssi.hannula@gmail.com>
> >>
> >>---
> >> drivers/input/Makefile | 2
> >> drivers/input/input-core.c | 1099 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> drivers/input/input.c | 1099 ---------------------------------------------
> >
> > urgh. There are other changes pending againt input.c and this renaming
> > makes everything a huge pain.
> >
> > What does "can be built from multiple source files" mean?
>
> Well, I want to embed the input-ff.c into the input module too.

What does "embed" mean? #include a .c file, or what? (If "yes" then "no",
there's enough of that happening and it's an awful thing to do).

> > It would be much nicer all round if we could avoid renaming this file.
>
> Indeed... There are these 4 options as far as I see:
>
> 1. Do this rename
> 2. Put all the code in input-ff.c to input.c
> 3. Make the input-ff a separate bool "module" and add
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() for input_ff_event() which is currently the only
> function in input-ff.c that is called from input.c
> 4. Rename the input "module" to something else, it doesn't matter so
> much as almost everybody builds it as built-in anyway.
>
> WDYT is the best one?

I still don't know what problem you're trying to solve so I cannot say.
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