From: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
To: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Would an "information module" be useful?
Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 22:37:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <523F551A.20101@nod.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <523F5361.8040906@web.de>
Am 22.09.2013 22:30, schrieb Markus Elfring:
>> You can do all parsing in user space too.
>
> Is it questionable when a custom prefix of a boot command-line parameter can not
> be mapped to a kernel module?
No.
In the systemd case we have to ensure that we never ever merge a module named "systemd".
It's that easy. :)
>> drivers/misc/ is a nice place do dump such things. :-)
>
> Is an information sink module (with corresponding data type checks) still an
> "ordinary" driver?
We have all kinds of strange modules/drivers. Usually you don't have to think whether your
module is a "ordinary" driver or not...
See drivers/misc/dummy-irq.c.
Thanks,
//richard
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-22 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-22 17:05 Would an "information module" be useful? Markus Elfring
2013-09-22 18:23 ` richard -rw- weinberger
2013-09-22 19:51 ` Markus Elfring
2013-09-22 19:59 ` Richard Weinberger
2013-09-22 20:30 ` Markus Elfring
2013-09-22 20:37 ` Richard Weinberger [this message]
2013-09-23 2:38 ` Markus Elfring
2013-09-23 5:47 ` Richard Weinberger
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