On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Greg KH wrote:
> > > I've got a module which registers a struct device. (It represents a
> > > virtual device, not a real one, but that doesn't matter.)
>
> Wait, that's the issue right there.
>
> Don't do that.
>
> devices should be created by busses or the platform core,
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:12:47 -0700,
Greg KH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ah, just found this original thread, now Cornelia's patches make more
> sense...
I would have included a pointer, but couldn't access marc yesterday
evening, sorry...
>
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:24:58AM -0400, Alan Ster
Ah, just found this original thread, now Cornelia's patches make more
sense...
On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 11:24:58AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> Tejun, it just occurred to me that you would be interested in this email
> thread. Just to bring you up to speed, here's the original question:
>
> > I've
Alan Stern wrote:
On the other hand, this proposal involves adding a fair amount of overhead
(all those .owner fields) for a rather small benefit. And it involves
modifying a core kernel subsystem (kernel/module.c). All to prevent
certain unlikely sorts of errors when removing a module -- some
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