Re: ioctl, compat_ioctl and unlocked_ioctl

2007-07-25 Thread Thomas Petazzoni
Hi, Le Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:36:02 -0300, Diego Woitasen [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : What 's the difference between ioctl, compat_ioctl and unlocked_ioctl in struct block_device_operations? I think that te main diff between ioctl and the others is that ioctl uses lock_kernel(), but what's the

RE: what is the advantage of loading and unloading device drivers, apart from memory savings?

2007-07-25 Thread Rajat Jain
Hi, How / where do you specify the module load ordering? Perhaps modules.dep ? I thought that is only for specifying dependencies among modules. Could someone clarify? Thanks, Rajat