Messages in this thread | | | From | Rusty Russell <> | Subject | Re: SET_MODULE_OWNER? | Date | Tue, 08 Apr 2003 12:01:37 +1000 |
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In message <3E91C398.9070400@pobox.com> you write: > Rusty Russell wrote: > > I thought it was completely useless, hence deprecated. > > > > Anyone have any reason to defend it? > > > It's used to allow source compatibility with all kernels, old or new. > > Thus it is in active use, and should not be removed.
Inside individual drivers, or a set of compat macros, it makes sense. But as a general module.h primitive it doesn't.
Imagine a structure adds an owner field in 2.5. This macro doesn't help you, you need a specific compat macro for that struct.
ie. AFAICT it only buys you 2.2 compatibility, and even then only if you #define it at the top of your driver.
I still don't understand: please demonstrate a use in existing source. Rusty. -- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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