Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:37:46 +0200 | From | Richard Weinberger <> | Subject | Re: Would an "information module" be useful? |
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Am 22.09.2013 22:30, schrieb Markus Elfring: >> You can do all parsing in user space too. > > Is it questionable when a custom prefix of a boot command-line parameter can not > be mapped to a kernel module?
No. In the systemd case we have to ensure that we never ever merge a module named "systemd". It's that easy. :)
>> drivers/misc/ is a nice place do dump such things. :-) > > Is an information sink module (with corresponding data type checks) still an > "ordinary" driver?
We have all kinds of strange modules/drivers. Usually you don't have to think whether your module is a "ordinary" driver or not... See drivers/misc/dummy-irq.c.
Thanks, //richard
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