Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750783AbWAYHwG (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:52:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750787AbWAYHwG (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:52:06 -0500 Received: from styx.suse.cz ([82.119.242.94]:8336 "EHLO mail.suse.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750783AbWAYHwF (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:52:05 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:51:59 +0100 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Martin Michlmayr , Al Viro , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export symbols so CONFIG_INPUT works as a module Message-ID: <20060125075159.GC23800@suse.cz> References: <20060124181945.GA21955@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20060124231409.GA29982@deprecation.cyrius.com> <200601250004.06543.dtor_core@ameritech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200601250004.06543.dtor_core@ameritech.net> X-Bounce-Cookie: It's a lemon tree, dear Watson! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1191 Lines: 30 On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 12:04:06AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Tuesday 24 January 2006 18:14, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Dmitry Torokhov [2006-01-24 18:08]: > > > > More interesting question: is pis^H^H^Hsysfs interaction in there safe for > > > > modular code? > > > > > > The core should be safe, at least I was trying to make it this way, so > > > if you see something wrong - shout. Locking is another question > > > though... > > > > So do you want an updated patch using _GPL to export the symbols or to > > change CONFIG_INPUT to boolean? > > I guess having input core as a module does not make much sense, so > we should change CONFIG_INPUT to be boolean _and_ clean up the core > code removing module unloading support. Well, USB or SCSI cores are also modules, so I think there is some point in having that functionality. What were the required symbols? -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/