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SubjectRe: RFC: /proc/module namespace
On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Oliver Xymoron wrote:
> > My point is that module != driver. A module is something that may be
> > compiled separately from the kernel.
>
> "may" is the key word. A driver can be compiled separately from the
> kernel too, of course, making a driver and module the same thing.

No, you still misunderstand. A driver is a driver, a module is a module.
Some drivers happen to be modules and most modules happen to be drivers.
But they're _different concepts_. A driver can also be several modules or
a module can contain several drivers. Things can be modules that aren't
drivers - for instance, I once wrote a module that was a filesystem
image.

And I still maintain that simplified register functions are needed at the
top level of proc. It's a mess.

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