Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760110AbXFRHFq (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:05:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757537AbXFRHFi (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:05:38 -0400 Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([80.160.20.94]:9146 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756635AbXFRHFh (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 03:05:37 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:05:19 +0200 From: Jens Axboe To: dave young Cc: LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH] cdrom_sysctl_info fix Message-ID: <20070618070519.GR6149@kernel.dk> References: <20070614142430.GA2388@darkstar.te-china.tietoenator.com> <20070615132657.GW6149@kernel.dk> <20070618125811.GA1692@darkstar.te-china.tietoenator.com> <20070618062722.GP6149@kernel.dk> <20070618064350.GQ6149@kernel.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 934 Lines: 26 On Mon, Jun 18 2007, dave young wrote: > Hi, > >> BTW, another problem, I can't find the CONFIG_CDROM option in kernel > >> config menu. Is it deperacated? If it is true, is the module part > >> still necessary? > > > >cdrom.o is a hardware independent helper module, it gets included if you > >use atapi/scsi/etc cdrom drivers. See drivers/cdrom/Makefile. > > > I know. Sorry for my bad english, I means MODULE's part maybe > deperacated, not uniform cdrom driver itsself. > > For example the module_init, module_exit and MODULE_LICENSE, I > remember it could be a standalone module in 2.4 kernels. But now seems > not possible. am I right? It is a stand-alone module. -- Jens Axboe - 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/