Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:41:18 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Errors building some LKMs in -current Message-ID: <9510181641.AA05486@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199510181553.BAA03462@godzilla.zeta.org.au> References: <199510181553.BAA03462@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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<<On Thu, 19 Oct 1995 01:53:18 +1000, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> said: > They just have inconsistently named entry points. Most use the name > `foo_init', which seems better than foo_mod, but atapi and wcd use > simply `atapi' and `wcd'. I chose `foo_mod' because it was unlikely to conflict with anything that already existed in the code. `foo_init' is simply the wrong name, because these are /not/ ``initialization'' functions; they are initialization-status-teardown functions. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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