Messages in this thread |  | | From | Andrzej Krzysztofowicz <> | | Subject | Re: RFC: modules and 2.5 | | Date | Tue, 3 Jul 2001 19:35:22 +0200 (CEST) |
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> > A couple things that would be nice for 2.5 is > - let MOD_INC_USE_COUNT work even when module is built into kernel, and > - let THIS_MODULE exist and be valid even when module is built into > kernel > > This introduces bloat into the static kernel for modules which do not > take advantage of this, so perhaps we can make this new behavior > conditional on CONFIG_xxx option. Individual drivers which make use of > the behavior can do something like > > dep_tristate 'my driver' CONFIG_MYDRIVER $CONFIG_PCI > if [ "$CONFIG_MYDRIVER" != "n" -a \ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > "$CONFIG_STATIC_MODULES" != "y" ]; then > define_bool CONFIG_STATIC_MODULES y > fi
Hmmm, shouldn't it be written in CML2 if it is for 2.5 ?
For 2.4 the marked condition ( != n on a variable defined by dep_*) probably would break xconfig. Don't suggest such solutions...
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