Re: [PATCH] restrict inter_module_* to its last users

From: David Woodhouse
Date: Sat Apr 09 2005 - 03:02:10 EST


On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 10:48 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > Next step for inter_module removal. This patch makes the code
> > conditional on its last users and shrinks the kernel binary for the
> > huge majority of people.
>
> If we do this, nobody will get around to fixing up the remaining
> users.

Oh, I'll fix them, and I'll be happy to see the back of the
inter_module_crap -- it went in over my objections in the first place.

But I want to deal with all the module / submodule loading crap first.
It all wants attention, and fixing up one deprecation warning alone is
just patching over the cracks.

--
dwmw2


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