From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262284AbVHAAk1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:40:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262207AbVHAAjC (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:39:02 -0400 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:27284 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262297AbVHAAib (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:38:31 -0400 Subject: Re: inter_module_get and __symbol_get From: Alan Cox To: "D. ShadowWolf" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200507310027.18484.dhazelton@enter.net> References: <200507310027.18484.dhazelton@enter.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 02:04:06 +0100 Message-Id: <1122858246.15622.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sul, 2005-07-31 at 00:27 -0400, D. ShadowWolf wrote: > On this topic I have to weigh in that I just subscribed to the kernel list > because I have had to undo a modification made to the kernel around version > 2.6.10 that stopped the export of 'inter_module_get'. To me it appears that > some kernel developers forget that there are those of us out there who do not > have broadband connections and are shafted with low-end hardware. inter_module_* are going away. It was always a badly designed interface and the new module code no longer requires it. Alan