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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: execve
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 21:43:52 -0700 (MST)
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> >what about files that need to have multiple linker sets..
> >(there are a few)
> 
> This leads to my next topic :-).  There shouldn't be any such files because
> they don't work as lkm's.  For lkm's there should be a single entry point
> that registers all the necessary objects and functions:
> 
> void foo_init(void *arg)
> {
> 	register_bar_func(func_1);
> 	...
> 	register_baz_obj(obj_1);
> 	...
> }

AGREE!


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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