Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 04:41:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 04:41:03 -0400 Received: from samba.sourceforge.net ([198.186.203.85]:40418 "HELO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 19 Jul 2002 04:41:02 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 18:42:11 +1000 From: Rusty Russell To: Roman Zippel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] new module format Message-Id: <20020719184211.4440e6cb.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; powerpc-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1007 Lines: 27 On Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:04:36 +0200 (CEST) Roman Zippel wrote: > Hi, > > Below is an (unfinished) patch, which makes a small but important change > to the module format. The module structure is no longer generated by > insmod and is instead under control of the kernel now. This means we have > now the freedom to properly cleanup the module code without needing to > tell insmod about it. The dependency between insmod and the kernel is > greatly reduced by this. Um, Hi Roman, I've started updating my in-kernel module loader patches for 2.5.26. I'll send you a mail when it's done. Thanks, Rusty. -- there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too many doers quoting their contemporaries. -- Larry McVoy - 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/