Re: [q] int __init init_module()?

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:50:16 -0700


Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:28:14 +0100 (BST)
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

> On the other hand, if it *is* needed for init_module() then
> plenty of other places must be modified to have __init. So, in
> all cases, some changes are required.

It isnt needed, but hopefully one day modules will load, init and
throw their init code away too after insmod returns

We had full support for this at one point. Jakub wrote the code, but
Linus didn't take the patch set I'd sent him at the time since it was
real close to 2.2.x

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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