Re: [PATCH] Export symbols so CONFIG_INPUT works as a module

[Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>]

On 1/24/06, Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:34:32PM -0500, Dave Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 06:19:45PM +0000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> >  > Currently, modular input support fails to load with the following error:
> >  >
> >  > qube:# modprobe input
> >  > input: Unknown symbol kobject_get_path
> >  > input: Unknown symbol add_input_randomness
> >  >
> >  > In the short run, this can be solved by exporting these two symbols.
> >  > There have been discussions about fixing this in a different manner,
> >  > see http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0505.2/1068.html
> >  > Since this was in the days of 2.6.12-rc4 and modular input support is
> >  > still broken, I suggest these symbols to be exported for now.
> >
> > Is there actually any practical reason why you would want to
> > make the input layer modular ?
>
> More interesting question: is pis^H^H^Hsysfs interaction in there safe for
> modular code?

The core should be safe, at least I was trying to make it this way, so
if you see something wrong - shout. Locking is another question
though...

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Dmitry