Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 20:11:11 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: PBozeman@lbl.gov Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lkm.h MOD_DEV & DISPATCH Message-ID: <199708260311.UAA02640@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.970825173548.22258E-100000@george.lbl.gov> from "Pat Bozeman" at Aug 25, 97 05:44:48 pm
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> Why does MOD_DEV concatinate the name of the device with _module when > none of the other module types do? This leads to a conflict with DISPATCH > which does not expect the name to be concatinated to _module. To avoid namespace conflicts in drivers which export multiple module types. Having a static value only saves you from inter-module conflicts. The intra-module conflicts can still byte you. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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