From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: Yang Bai <hamo.by@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Q: What will happen if I insmod a new version driver when it has already been statically in kernel?
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:38:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <503C04F9.5070808@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO_0yfNxa9m0BR-MxMezC-CZ8M=JkOmnLrpWyUcti-cT8f3zzA@mail.gmail.com>
On 08/27/2012 03:06 AM, Yang Bai wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We have one driver which has been statically compiled into kernel, and
> now we want to upgrade it. But we only have a new version module for
> this driver. Could I just insmod this module and make the new driver
> work?
No, that should not work -- unless the in-kernel driver has a
close/release method that you can somehow trigger.
> If so, what happens to the static old one?
It stays.
> If not, Can we upgrade this driver without re-compile the kernel to
> make the in-kernel driver out or module?
If the current driver is not a loadable module, you cannot
replace it. Assuming that they use mostly the same resources,
like I/O devices or memory BARs or however the device presents
its control & data interfaces, the new module would not be
able to access the device interfaces since they would still
be used/owned by the in-kernel driver.
--
~Randy
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2012-08-27 10:06 Yang Bai
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