Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 09:54:57AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:30:44 -0800, > "Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover > >that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. > >I was

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:06:04PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:49:43 -0700, > "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Microsoft drivers have an .INIT code section that is initialization > >ccode that get's chunked after it's loaded. Their model allows > >memory

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:49:43 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Microsoft drivers have an .INIT code section that is initialization >ccode that get's chunked after it's loaded. Their model allows >memory segments to be defined as DISCARDABLE, which tells the loader >to chunk

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:47:30PM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote: > Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >"Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover > >>that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. > >>I

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 10:45:34AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:01:35 -0700, > "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >insmod ppp_deflate (should trigger load of all these modules). I > >know it's works this way if there's a modules.dep file laying > >around, but

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Adam J. Richter
Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover >>that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. >>I was wondering if anyone is contemplating adding support for

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:01:35 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >insmod ppp_deflate (should trigger load of all these modules). I >know it's works this way if there's a modules.dep file laying >around, but it would be nice for it to work this way without >needing the external

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 09:54:57AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:30:44 -0800, > "Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover > >that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. > >I was

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:30:44 -0800, "Adam J. Richter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover >that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. >I was wondering if anyone is contemplating adding support for >__init{,data} in

initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Adam J. Richter
In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if anyone is contemplating adding support for __init{,data} in module loading, to reduce the memory footprints of modules after they have been

initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Adam J. Richter
In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if anyone is contemplating adding support for __init{,data} in module loading, to reduce the memory footprints of modules after they have been

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:30:44 -0800, "Adam J. Richter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if anyone is contemplating adding support for __init{,data} in module

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 09:54:57AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:30:44 -0800, "Adam J. Richter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:01:35 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: insmod ppp_deflate (should trigger load of all these modules). I know it's works this way if there's a modules.dep file laying around, but it would be nice for it to work this way without needing the external text

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Adam J. Richter
Keith Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Adam J. Richter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if anyone is contemplating adding support for __init{,data} in module

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 10:45:34AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 17:01:35 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: insmod ppp_deflate (should trigger load of all these modules). I know it's works this way if there's a modules.dep file laying around, but it would

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 03:47:30PM -0800, Adam J. Richter wrote: Keith Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "Adam J. Richter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Keith Owens
On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:49:43 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft drivers have an .INIT code section that is initialization ccode that get's chunked after it's loaded. Their model allows memory segments to be defined as DISCARDABLE, which tells the loader to chunk them

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jeff V. Merkey
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 01:06:04PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 19:49:43 -0700, "Jeff V. Merkey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Microsoft drivers have an .INIT code section that is initialization ccode that get's chunked after it's loaded. Their model allows memory segments to

Re: initdata for modules?

2000-11-26 Thread Jakub Jelinek
On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 09:54:57AM +1100, Keith Owens wrote: On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 07:30:44 -0800, "Adam J. Richter" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In reading include/linux/init.h, I was surprised to discover that __init{,data} expands to nothing when compiling a module. I was wondering if