Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Jul 2006 09:12:42 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: kernel 2.6 config for module load |
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On Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:53:38 +1000 Jim wrote:
> Hello, > > I have a device driver which can be configurated in kernel 2.4 to be a > loadable module. But, in kernel 2.6, I made it as tristate in Kconfig. > On make menuconfig list, I can only select it to [*]NewModule for kernel > built-in, I cannot select it to [M]NewModule for loadable module > (neither did I press key M or Space key produce [M]). Is it wrong to > specify tristate in Kconfig to make a loadable module in kernel 2.6? Or > what was I missing in kernel 2.6 config?
Tristate is OK. Of course, you will also need CONFIG_MODULES=y to enable module support. Is that enabled?
There are a few hundred examples of tristate loadable modules in Kconfig files that you could look at.
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