Re: [RFC] Wine speedup through kernel module

[David Woodhouse]

> David Howells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Now there's an idea... have the kernel autoload modules based on a
> > particular syscall number being handled in that module. Madness
> > *grin*.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> No more madness than kmod loading a module called char-major-10-135
> for /dev/rtc.  Or code that uses modules.pcimap to work out which
> module to load for a PCI device.  Just teach kmod to load
> syscall-agent-86 if you want to get smart.

... and make it handle the use count on the module properly.

struct syscall {
        struct module *owner;
        int (*handler)();
        int whatever_other_random_thing_MIPS_keeps_in_syscall_table;
} syscall_table[__NR_syscalls]

Yeuch.


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dwmw2


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