From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261349AbTDOMqo (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:46:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261358AbTDOMqo (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:46:44 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:45323 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261349AbTDOMqm (for ); Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:46:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:58:29 +0100 From: Russell King To: Andreas Henriksson Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Writing modules for 2.5 Message-ID: <20030415135829.D32468@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Andreas Henriksson , =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030415121517.GA23894@foo> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030415121517.GA23894@foo>; from andreas@fjortis.info on Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:15:18PM +0200 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vurnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:15:18PM +0200, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:05:48PM +0200, Måns Rullgård wrote: > > Next question: what is the correct replacement for MOD_INC_USE_COUNT? > > "SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);" or simply "dev->owner=THIS_MODULE;" and the > counting should then be done automatically AFAIK. You don't need that for char drivers. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html