Re: Compiling 2.5.32

From: Adrian Bunk (bunk@fs.tum.de)
Date: Thu Aug 29 2002 - 18:42:49 EST


On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> > Jeff Garzik doesn't want 1. until "someone actually tells me they are
> > trying to hot-plug such a card" and he didn't apply the following patch to
> > #ifdef the .remove away if the driver is compiled statically into the
> > kernel:
> >
> >
> > --- drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c.old 2002-08-30 01:06:09.000000000 +0200
> > +++ drivers/net/tulip/de2104x.c 2002-08-30 01:06:45.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -2216,7 +2216,9 @@
> > .name = DRV_NAME,
> > .id_table = de_pci_tbl,
> > .probe = de_init_one,
> > +#ifdef MODULE
> > .remove = de_remove_one,
> > +#endif
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PM
> > .suspend = de_suspend,
> > .resume = de_resume,
>
>
> You missed my recent message, I think.
>
> Currently in 2.5.x, you should be able to replace that #ifdef with
> __devexit_p -- without changing the de_remove_one prototype. I updated
> the definition of __devexit_p in 2.5.30 or so.

>From include/linux/init.h in 2.5.32:

<-- snip -->

...
#if defined(MODULE) || defined(CONFIG_HOTPLUG)
#define __devexit_p(x) x
#else
#define __devexit_p(x) NULL
#endif
...

<-- snip -->

With the .config of Michael a __devexit_p in de2104x.c doesn't help
because CONFIG_HOTPLUG is defined...

> Jeff

cu
Adrian

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