Re: Writing modules for 2.5

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 07:58:29 EST

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:15:18PM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:05:48PM +0200, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > Next question: what is the correct replacement for MOD_INC_USE_COUNT?
>
> "SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);" or simply "dev->owner=THIS_MODULE;" and the
> counting should then be done automatically AFAIK.

You don't need that for char drivers.

-- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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