Re: [RFC] Maintaining persistent kernel data across module unload/reload

Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:33:51 -0300


Harald Koenig <koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de> said:

[...]

> (2a) For every module that needs persistent data and is configured in,
> compile a 2nd module which will only keep those specific variables.
> no need to compile them into the static kernel...

Modules use space in pages, i.e., 4Kb chunks on ia32 AFAIU. Overkill for a
few integers.

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