On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 01:33:08PM +1300, Michal Ludvig wrote: > 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.
See, the limitations of the build service are there for a reason, it forces you to write cleaner code :) Glad it's now working, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
