From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: gibbs@scsiguy.com (Justin T. Gibbs)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Unconditional include of <linux/module.h> in aic7xxx driver
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 20:52:38 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E15rlsk-0004Vf-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200110111940.f9BJe8Y97938@aslan.scsiguy.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Oct 11, 2001 01:40:08 PM
> unconditional in the aic7xxx driver? Assuming MODULE_LICENSE is
> properly qualified by an #ifdef MODULE, the driver appears to compile
> and function correctly without this include. Are MODULE attributes
> (MODULE_VERSION/AUTHOR/DESCRIPTION/etc.) now supposed to be included in
> static configurations?
It's always been meant to work always included. For non modules it defines
the right do nothing handlers to avoid you having to get ifdefs into the
kernel code
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-11 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-11 19:40 Justin T. Gibbs
2001-10-11 19:52 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2001-10-11 20:00 ` Justin T. Gibbs
2001-10-11 20:15 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-11 19:57 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-10-11 23:56 ` Keith Owens
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