Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:51:59 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Export symbols so CONFIG_INPUT works as a module |
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 12:04:06AM -0500, Dmitry Torokhov wrote: > On Tuesday 24 January 2006 18:14, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> [2006-01-24 18:08]: > > > > 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... > > > > So do you want an updated patch using _GPL to export the symbols or to > > change CONFIG_INPUT to boolean? > > I guess having input core as a module does not make much sense, so > we should change CONFIG_INPUT to be boolean _and_ clean up the core > code removing module unloading support.
Well, USB or SCSI cores are also modules, so I think there is some point in having that functionality.
What were the required symbols?
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