Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:34:51 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: KLD loading, liking Message-ID: <868wri3284.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20081117113522.GA2732@debian.samsung.router> (Alexej Sokolov's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:35:22 %2B0100") References: <671bb5fc0811151927j6dcb5155oeffbf4cc95cbccb6@mail.gmail.com> <20081116100923.GU81783@hoeg.nl> <20081117113522.GA2732@debian.samsung.router>
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Alexej Sokolov <bsd.quest@googlemail.com> writes: > Not only that. The use of the MODULE_DEPEND macro allows one module to > access the variables of modules on which it depends. No. Any module X can access any public variable or function in the kernel or in any other module Y, but loading X will fail if Y is not already loaded. The only effect of MODULE_DEPEND is to tell the loader that Y must be loaded before X. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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