Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make agpsupport work with modversions | Date | Sat, 28 Oct 2000 20:55:18 +1100 |
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On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 05:40:28 -0400 (EDT), Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> wrote: >> cc list trimmed. Nobody has come up with a "must have" reason for >> get_module_symbol and that interface is broken as designed. I will be > >Nobody has come up with a 'must break existing sane code' reason either.
Existing code is not sane, it does not work with symbol versions. The only code left in the kernel that uses get_module_symbol is agp, drm and mtd, all of which I will be fixing at the same time.
>> will allow two objects to pass data to each other, it will not matter >> whether the objects are both modules, one module and one built in (in >> either order) or both built in. When modules are involved there will >> be full module locking. > >You have no consensus on this. None at all. It is also past the 2.4test >point for making this change.
Linus wants get_module_symbol removed. http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg08791.html
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