Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-36,: Re: get_module_symbol and 8390.o

# Re: get_module_symbol and 8390.o

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:54:44 -0500

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Hi Paul,

> The one thing you (may have) missed is that the on demand loading is
> disabled by default at the top of 8390.h.

Aha, thanks for the clue! I missed that.

Also it helps to know that the current implementation has problems so I
don't have to be bug-for-bug compatible.

> If get_module_symbol is to be nuked it wouldn't bother me - I can remove
> the non used demand loading code that references it. But you should
> check that no 3rd party/separately distributed stuff (PCMCIA?) uses it.

I will do that. Thanks.

There is one other driver in the tarball that uses it -- an ISDN driver.

Michael

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