> On Sunday 16 November 2003 16:57, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > > On Sunday 16 November 2003 15:21, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: > > > > > you missed my point. modular IDE is unsafe because there is no > > > > > > reference > > > > > > > > counting for IDE modules. > [...] > > wouldn't it be then sufficient just to prevent module unloading > > apparently that is not as bad. > > for PCI modules (most of) are effectively locked in xxx_init_one() by > incrementing usage count. As nothing ever decrements it (and ->remove is > not > provided) modules will stay forever if corr. device is available. > > For PNP I am not sure not for other non-PCI controller. > > given that majority systems now are PCI it hopefully avoids problems in > most > common case. > > have you tried build IDE as module?
it does build (at least when $(src) == $(obj) ), but i haven't tried making a initrd and booting it :( svetljo -- NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++
