From: greg@kroah.com (Greg KH)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: Driver as built-in instead of module
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:35:52 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180316113552.GA20044@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1622e88aefc.d1d06fad204248.5973277679588738823@iqroottech.com>
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 04:48:52PM +0530, MUHAMMED ASAD P T wrote:
> Do you have a pointer to the source of your driver anywhere to see if it
> even can be built into the kernel?
>
>
> [Reply] For module, we use module_init(), I am looking for the kernel functions for built-in driver. As a module, driver probe() gets called.
> When driver configured as built-in, then module_init() is not called, i.e. print in module_init() is not coming.
module_init() should work just fine.
Again, do you have a pointer to the source of your code anywhere so we
can review it to see what the problem might be?
thanks,
greg k-h
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-16 11:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-16 7:53 Driver as built-in instead of module MUHAMMED ASAD P T
2018-03-16 8:21 ` Greg KH
2018-03-16 11:18 ` MUHAMMED ASAD P T
2018-03-16 11:35 ` Greg KH [this message]
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