Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 23 Nov 2003 22:25:10 -0200 (BRST) | From | Marcelo Tosatti <> | Subject | Re: modular IDE in 2.4.23 |
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Sunday 23 of November 2003 21:56, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Uh. Oh. 2.4.23 IDE changes are obscure... Modular IDE breakage is caused > > > by Alan's hotplug changes and is not easy to fix properly. > > > > The fixing is simply a matter of linkage ordering and function execution. > > > > Simple thought experiment > > > > Merge ide-probe into ide-core > > Export a symbol for the second initializer function if used modular > > Create a mini module that just invokes the exported function on init > > Update ide_probe_module() for new name of probe module. > > > You now have the same execution sequence but with the link problem removed. > > Hmm, actually you are right. Sorry :-).
So mind you or Alan write a patch for me, please?
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