Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-06,: Re: SCSI Makefile cleanup

# Re: SCSI Makefile cleanup

david parsons (orc@pell.portland.or.us)
Sun, 6 Feb 2000 14:12:57 -0800 (PST)

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Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
> david parsons wrote:
> > It might be worthwhile to add a requirements function call to the
> > kernel, so you can have drivers explicitly load what they depend
> > on before they start loading. Something like:
> >
> > need("aha1542");
> >
> > in the buslogic driver?
>
> That would be wonderful... I really don't like defining driver load
> order implicitly through Makefile link order. I imagine "need()" would
> have to be some sort of trigger which ld (or a pre-ld script) uses to
> figure out the link order for the static kernel image?

That would work better than what I was thinking about:. I was
actually thinking of maintaining some sort of (dare I say it?)
kernel registry, but that would be massive overkill for these
purposes.

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