From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: dave young <hidave.darkstar@gmail.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cdrom_sysctl_info fix
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:05:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070618070519.GR6149@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a8e1da0706180003u35003bb6j706efc25c2b287db@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Jun 18 2007, dave young wrote:
> Hi,
> >> BTW, another problem, I can't find the CONFIG_CDROM option in kernel
> >> config menu. Is it deperacated? If it is true, is the module part
> >> still necessary?
> >
> >cdrom.o is a hardware independent helper module, it gets included if you
> >use atapi/scsi/etc cdrom drivers. See drivers/cdrom/Makefile.
> >
> I know. Sorry for my bad english, I means MODULE's part maybe
> deperacated, not uniform cdrom driver itsself.
>
> For example the module_init, module_exit and MODULE_LICENSE, I
> remember it could be a standalone module in 2.4 kernels. But now seems
> not possible. am I right?
It is a stand-alone module.
--
Jens Axboe
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-18 7:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-14 14:24 [PATCH] cdrom_sysctl_info fix Dave Young
2007-06-14 6:40 ` dave young
2007-06-14 15:43 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-15 0:11 ` dave young
2007-06-15 1:41 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-06-15 5:58 ` Jens Axboe
2007-06-15 14:33 ` Dave Young
2007-06-15 13:26 ` Jens Axboe
2007-06-18 12:58 ` Dave Young
2007-06-18 6:27 ` Jens Axboe
2007-06-18 6:41 ` dave young
2007-06-18 6:43 ` Jens Axboe
2007-06-18 7:03 ` dave young
2007-06-18 7:05 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2007-06-18 8:33 ` Questions on one PowerPC assembly instruction from hash_page gshan
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