On Sun, 2005-01-16 at 20:46 +0000, Richard Purdie wrote: > Without symbol_get, you can only have hard dependencies between the modules > and hence you would be forced into loading both modules even if you only > want one of them. > > I came across this function when trying to solve this exact problem. If the > function is going to be removed, what is the alternative? Apologies if I've > missed something obvious...
The workaround is to put some registration wedge in the core code (see net/core/netfilter.c:808 for an example). But this is exactly what symbol_get is for. However, if noone needs it, we can remove it, as keeping infrastructure around because "someone might need it" is not usually a good idea. Rusty. -- A bad analogy is like a leaky screwdriver -- Richard Braakman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
