Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Unconditional include of <linux/module.h> in aic7xxx driver | Date | Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:00:57 -0600 | From | "Justin T. Gibbs" <> |
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>> unconditional in the aic7xxx driver? Assuming MODULE_LICENSE is >> properly qualified by an #ifdef MODULE, the driver appears to compile >> and function correctly without this include. Are MODULE attributes >> (MODULE_VERSION/AUTHOR/DESCRIPTION/etc.) now supposed to be included in >> static configurations? > >It's always been meant to work always included. For non modules it defines >the right do nothing handlers to avoid you having to get ifdefs into the >kernel code
So, in theory I could nuke many of the remaining "#ifdef MODULE"'s? This wasn't done in the aic7xxx driver for 2.4.12. My only concern with doing this is having the driver still work on older kernel versions.
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