On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 02:22:28PM -0700, Ian Romanick wrote:
 
> So, you have x_ata.ko and y_ata.ko that are both linked with libata. 
> What happens when when the user loads both modules at once?  How do you 
> avoid symbol conflicts from the libata linked to both drivers?  This is 
> basically what the DRM does, but we have the evil macros (no, I don't 
> like them either) to prevent the symbol conflicts.

Took a closer look on libata - I was wrong.
libata does indeed use a layered module approch as you hinted.

Sorry for the noise - but thanks for the clarifications.

        Sam


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