Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:23:00 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [RGC PATCH 0/2] split file2alias using elf sections |
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On Fri, Nov 04, 2011 at 01:23:00PM +0100, Alessandro Rubini wrote: > When adding a new bus type with autoloading of modules, people should > always change the global scripts/mod/file2alias.c source file, whereas > most of the new code is just new files and individual Makefile/Kconfig > lines. > > The first patch turns all the "normal" alias generation in a > table-driven loop. The second patch moves a few alias types out of the > main file2alias.c source, as a demonstration that the thing works. > > I didn't move all bus/alias types out of the main file, as it's a huge > work. But if the approach is going to be accepted I can do that (or > happily leave the task to who volunteers).
Yes!!!!
I've been wanting this for years, and so have others (Linus, Andrew, etc.)
I'll gladly take this through my driver-core tree, as it can handle cross-bus issues like this.
Do you feel this series is good enough to accept, or do you want to respin it again?
thanks,
greg k-h
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