Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 19:04:54 +0200 From: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@fr.alcove.com> To: Alex <d_f0rce@gmx.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it ok to compile a device driver as a module though no load_function is declared in DRIVER_MODULE()? Message-ID: <20010430190454.A1750@koka.alcove-fr> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIKIHMLCDHCFEOMAHMEEBCBAA.d_f0rce@gmx.de>; from d_f0rce@gmx.de on Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:42:34PM %2B0200 References: <NEBBIKIHMLCDHCFEOMAHMEEBCBAA.d_f0rce@gmx.de>
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On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 03:42:34PM +0200, Alex wrote: > Hi, > > i've got a little question about device drivers for FreeBSD. > > I'm testing my device driver by compiling it as a module and > kldloading it. But as I don't want to use it as a module in the > future I declared DRIVER_MODULE(..) as follows: > > DRIVER_MODULE( ir, isa, ir_isa_driver, ir_devclass, 0, 0); > > As I read on deamonnews that one has to declare a load_function > to use a driver as a KLD I'm not sure if the above DRIVER_MODULE() > is valid for testing. You don't need the load_function with the DRIVER_MODULE declaration. The entry points for you module are probe and identify then attach and detach. That's all. -- Nicolas.Souchu@fr.alcove.com Alcôve - Open Source Software Engineer - http://www.alcove.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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