Re: [PATCH] mii module broken under new scheme

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:44:40 -0500


Petr Vandrovec wrote:

> I think that retrieving module name from module's binary is wrong: I
> need to have dummy.o (network driver) insmodded two times to get my
> test environment up.

agreed... this requirement is why the redundant no_module_init is needed :(

> I do not think that it is correct that I must add multiple device support
> to the dummy due to new module loader, and creating two dummy.o,
> with different .modulename sections, also does not look like reasonable
> solution to me.

The promise of minimal driver breakage is rapidly fading away.

Jeff, still grumbling from last email message :)

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