From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261158AbVAHWhM (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:37:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261983AbVAHWed (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:34:33 -0500 Received: from mail.kroah.org ([69.55.234.183]:8389 "EHLO perch.kroah.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262031AbVAHW3v (ORCPT ); Sat, 8 Jan 2005 17:29:51 -0500 Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 14:27:19 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Jon Smirl Cc: lkml Subject: Re: [PATCH] Export symbol from I2C eeprom driver Message-ID: <20050108222719.GA3226@kroah.com> References: <9e47339105010721347fbeb907@mail.gmail.com> <20050108055315.GC8571@kroah.com> <9e473391050107220875baa32b@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9e473391050107220875baa32b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 01:08:52AM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:53:16 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:34:44AM -0500, Jon Smirl wrote: > > > Trivial patch to export a symbol from the eeprom driver. Currently > > > there are no exported symbols. The symbol lets the radeon DRM driver > > > link to it and modprobe will then force it to load along with the > > > radeon driver. > > > > Why do you need this symbol? Or are you just saying that you need the > > eeprom driver loaded for some reason? > > > > I say this as this variable is probably going to go away in the very > > near future, as it isn't really needed at all. > > I just need a symbol to force eeprom to load, it can be any symbol. I > need something for the radeon driver to link to so that modprobe will > know to force eeprom to load when radeon is loaded. radeon is getting > hotplug code that needs the eeprom module loaded. Then why not try to load the module from your hotplug script? And why do you need the eeprom driver for the radeon driver to work properly? thanks, greg k-h