On 12/10/2009 06:11 PM, Greg KH wrote: > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 01:45:30PM +1300, Michal Ludvig wrote: >> Hi, >> >> is it somehow possible to generate two separate kernel modules from one >> source file? >> >> What I want is roughly: >> mymodule-type1.ko compiled from: mymodule.c -D_TYPE_1 >> and >> mymodule-type2.ko compiled from: mymodule.c -D_TYPE_2 > [..] > You can't do it directly. > > You can do it by a trick of having the .c file included from another .c > file. > > But I really don't recommend doing it, please figure out how to handle > both code types together in the same module, as the same time, that's > the only way the code would be acceptable to the kernel community.
Thanks Greg. I have factored the type1/type2 backends out to two separate source files and link the two kernel modules from a common frontend and one of the backends. The Makefile now looks much cleaner too. M. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
