Re: The disappearing sys_call_table export.

Dmitry A. Fedorov
2003-05-06T02:11:53Z

On Mon, 5 May 2003, Pete Zaitcev wrote:

> > for creating/deleting /dev entries dynamically on driver
> > loading/unloading. It allows me to acquire dynamic major
> > number without devfs and external utility of any kind.
>
> Well, duh. "Without devds and external utility" is a no-goal.
> You set it, you screw trying to achieve it. It's like a well-known
> Russian joke: "[...] We remove the adenoid tissue... through
> the anal opening with a blowtorch".

:)
I disagree. It is small and nice solution. It is my own devfs for
pre-devfs kernels.

> > I use sys_write to output loading/device detection/diagnostic
> > messages to process's stderr when appropriate. Yes, it may look as
> > "wrong thing" but it uses only legal kernel mechanisms and it saves
> > lots of time with e-mail support:
> > /sbin/insmod driver verbose=1 2>&1 | mail -s 'it does not works' me@
>
> And pray tell how is syslog different?

syslog has the same text first.