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 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel