Keith Owens wrote:
>
> I started work on the removal of get/put_module_symbol and immediately
> hit problems, these functions are not being used the way we thought.
[...]
> Unless somebody can come up with a good reason why they absolutely need
> get_module_symbol(), it will be removed.
No harm in tossing the get_module_symbol users from 8390.h as they
have been #if 0'd out for the duration anyway.
Paul.
--- drivers/net/8390.h~ Wed Oct 4 00:29:25 2000
+++ drivers/net/8390.h Wed Oct 25 02:54:26 2000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
/* Generic NS8390 register definitions. */
/* This file is part of Donald Becker's 8390 drivers, and is distributed
- under the same license. Auto-loading of 8390.o added by Paul Gortmaker.
+ under the same license. Auto-loading of 8390.o only in v2.2 - Paul G.
Some of these names and comments originated from the Crynwr
packet drivers, which are distributed under the GPL. */
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
#include <linux/ioport.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>
-/* With kmod, drivers can now load the 8390 module themselves! */
-#if 0 /* def CONFIG_KMOD */
-#define LOAD_8390_BY_KMOD
-#endif
-
#define TX_2X_PAGES 12
#define TX_1X_PAGES 6
@@ -50,112 +45,15 @@
extern unsigned long autoirq_report(int waittime);
#endif
-#if defined(LOAD_8390_BY_KMOD) && defined(MODULE) && !defined(NS8390_CORE)
-
-/* Function pointers to be mapped onto the 8390 core support */
-static int (*S_ethdev_init)(struct net_device *dev);
-static void (*S_NS8390_init)(struct net_device *dev, int startp);
-static int (*S_ei_open)(struct net_device *dev);
-static int (*S_ei_close)(struct net_device *dev);
-static void (*S_ei_interrupt)(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs);
-
-extern __inline__ void unload_8390_module(void)
-{
- if (S_ethdev_init) {
- put_module_symbol((unsigned long)S_ethdev_init);
- S_ethdev_init = NULL;
- }
- if (S_NS8390_init) {
- put_module_symbol((unsigned long)S_NS8390_init);
- S_NS8390_init = NULL;
- }
- if (S_ei_open) {
- put_module_symbol((unsigned long)S_ei_open);
- S_ei_open = NULL;
- }
- if (S_ei_close) {
- put_module_symbol((unsigned long)S_ei_close);
- S_ei_close = NULL;
- }
- if (S_ei_interrupt) {
- put_module_symbol((unsigned long)S_ei_interrupt);
- S_ei_interrupt = NULL;
- }
-}
-
-extern __inline__ int load_8390_module(const char *driver)
-{
- /* Do we actually need to handle this case? */
- if (S_ethdev_init) {
- printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: load_8390_module called when pointers already
present\n", driver);
- return 0;
- }
-
- /* Attempt to get the first symbol */
- S_ethdev_init = (void *)get_module_symbol(NULL, "ethdev_init");
-
- if (!S_ethdev_init) {
- /* It failed. See if we have request_module() */
- int (*request_mod)(const char *module_name);
-
- if (get_module_symbol("", "request_module") == 0) {
- printk("%s: module auto-load (kmod) support not present.\n",
driver);
- printk("%s: unable to auto-load required 8390 module.\n",
driver);
- printk("%s: try \"modprobe 8390\" as root 1st.\n", driver);
- return -ENOSYS;
- }
-
- /* OK - we have request_module() - try it */
- request_mod = (void*)get_module_symbol("", "request_module");
- if (request_mod("8390")) {
- printk("%s: request to load the 8390 module failed.\n",
driver);
- return -ENOSYS;
- }
-
- printk(KERN_INFO "%s: auto-loaded 8390 module.\n", driver);
-
- /* Retry getting ethdev_init */
- S_ethdev_init = (void *)get_module_symbol(NULL, "ethdev_init");
- }
-
- /* Get addresses for the other functions */
- S_NS8390_init = (void*)get_module_symbol(0, "NS8390_init");
- S_ei_open = (void*)get_module_symbol(0, "ei_open");
- S_ei_close = (void*)get_module_symbol(0, "ei_close");
- S_ei_interrupt = (void*)get_module_symbol(0, "ei_interrupt");
-
- /* Check if module really loaded and is valid */
- if (!S_ethdev_init || !S_NS8390_init || !S_ei_open || !S_ei_close
- || !S_ei_interrupt) {
- unload_8390_module();
- printk("%s: 8390.o not found/invalid or failed to load.\n", driver);
- return -ENOSYS;
-}
-
- return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- * These are last so they only have scope over the driver
- * code (wd, ne, 3c503, etc.) and not over the above code.
- */
-#define ethdev_init S_ethdev_init
-#define NS8390_init S_NS8390_init
-#define ei_open S_ei_open
-#define ei_close S_ei_close
-#define ei_interrupt S_ei_interrupt
-
-#else /* not a module or kmod support not wanted */
-
+/* Currently unused - delete in v2.5.x after purging from drivers */
#define load_8390_module(driver) 0
#define unload_8390_module() do { } while (0)
+
extern int ethdev_init(struct net_device *dev);
extern void NS8390_init(struct net_device *dev, int startp);
extern int ei_open(struct net_device *dev);
extern int ei_close(struct net_device *dev);
extern void ei_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id, struct pt_regs *regs);
-
-#endif
/* Most of these entries should be in 'struct net_device' (or most of the
things in there should be here!) */
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