Re: inter_module_get and __symbol_get

[Terence Ripperda <tripperda@nvidia.com>]

it would seem like the old mechanism was preferable, but perhaps I'm
missing something. in this particular case, there are times when a user
wants to avoid using agp at all for testing purposes, but if I
understand correctly, we'll be forced to load agpgart anyways due to
unresolved symbols.

but I think Keith Owens was correct in his larger picture view that
this mechanism is useful for much more than just agp. I'm just
confused why it was regressed from a non-gpl symbol to a gpl symbol
(or more appropriately why the non-gpl symbol was regressed in favor
of a gpl-only symbol).

Thanks,
Terence


On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 11:00:09PM -0500, jonsmirl@gmail.com wrote:
> The inter_module_xxx free DRM is already in Linus BK. Sooner or later
> the inter_module_xx exports in the AGP driver should disappear too.
> 
> DRM now handles things at compile time. If AGP is enabled at compile
> time, AGP support gets built into the DRM module. If AGP is not
> enabled, AGP does not get compiled in. If you try to take a DRM that
> was built for AGP and move it to a system without, it's not going to
> load because it will need the AGP symbols.
> 
> -- 
> Jon Smirl
> jonsmirl@gmail.com