From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:21:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:21:07 -0400 Received: from Overkill.EnterZone.Net ([66.35.65.2]:21572 "EHLO Overkill.EnterZone.Net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:20:58 -0400 Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:21:02 -0400 (EDT) From: John Fraizer To: "Adam J. Richter" cc: linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Linux-ATM-General] PATCH: linux-2.4.9/drivers/atm to new module_{init,exit} + some pci_device_id tables In-Reply-To: <20010820075826.A368@baldur.yggdrasil.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Just a quick question. Please be gentl. I'm not a kernel hack. I just want to make sure that it will still be possible to build a monolythic kernel with ATM support. If not, that is a BAD thing. On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Adam J. Richter wrote: > The following patch moves linux-2.4.9/drivers/atm > to the relatively new module_{init,exit} interface, simplifying > the code and removing the reference to the ATM drivers from > linux/drivers/genhd.c (this is partly motivated by my effort to get > rid of genhd.c). The changes also include some pci_device_id tables, > which enable automatic loading of the modules via pcimodules (or > a similar program). These changes are also all steps toward porting > the atm drivers to the new PCI interface. In the case zatm.c, I > have actually ported it to the new PCI interface, although it > shares the stock zatm driver's deficiency of not supporting > module removal. > > Note that this change deletes linux-2.4.9/drivers/atmdev_init.c, > since the conversion to module_{init,exit} completely obseletes that file. > > If these changes look OK, I would like to get them > into the stock kernel. If there is a maintainer on linux-atm-general > who shepherds these patches to Alan and Linus, and if these changes > are good, please let me know if you are going to "officially" send them > to Alan and Linus or if you want me to do so or if there is some other > procedure that I should follow. > > -- > Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 104 > adam@yggdrasil.com \ / San Jose, California 95129-1034 > +1 408 261-6630 | g g d r a s i l United States of America > fax +1 408 261-6631 "Free Software For The Rest Of Us." > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-atm-general mailing list > Linux-atm-general@lists.sourceforge.net > http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-atm-general >