Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-29 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > > A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about > > adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody > > (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding > > a vmrealloc() facility in the kernel. I think I've thought of a > > simpler way, that

Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-29 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding a vmrealloc() facility in the kernel. I think I've thought of a simpler way, that would

Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-27 Thread Brian Gerst
Ingo Oeser wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:05PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: > > A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about > > adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody > > (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding > > a

Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-27 Thread Ingo Oeser
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:05PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: > A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about > adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody > (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding > a vmrealloc() facility in the

Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-27 Thread Ingo Oeser
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:05PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding a vmrealloc() facility in the kernel.

Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-27 Thread Brian Gerst
Ingo Oeser wrote: On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 09:49:05PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding a vmrealloc()

Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-26 Thread Adam J. Richter
A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding a vmrealloc() facility in the kernel. I think I've thought of a simpler way, that would require almost

Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections

2001-04-26 Thread Adam J. Richter
A while ago, on linux-kernel, we had a discussion about adding support for __initdata and __init in modules. Somebody (whose name escapes me) had implemented it by essentially adding a vmrealloc() facility in the kernel. I think I've thought of a simpler way, that would require almost