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Subject: Re: Unloading LKMs (was Re: A Desparate Plea for Help...)
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Bruce Evans wrote:
> 
> _lkm_dev() shouldn't be touching the devsw's.  Drivers need to manage
> the devsw's directly for the non-LKM case and should use identical
> code for the LKM case.

this was my original intent..
the pre-loaded drivers are effectively 'loaded' by their SYSINIT()
(no I don't consider it a mis-use bruce) entries,
and the LKM versions of the same files
should call the same functions to link themselves in at load time.

> 
> Bruce