Re: [linux-usb-devel] [PATCH] usb/hid: The HID Simple Driver Interface0.3.2 (core)

From: Liyu
Date: Sun Oct 08 2006 - 23:35:56 EST


Anssi Hannula wrote:
> One possibility is to do that with symbol_request() and friends. That
> would not be pretty though, imho.
>
> DVB subsystem uses that currently to load frontend modules dynamically,
> see dvb_attach() and dvb_frontend_detach() in
> drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvbdev.h and
> drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c.
>
>
This means also can load module dynamically. In apparently, I think it
have two weaknesses:

1. It require module have one exported symbol at least.
2. We must handle life cycle of module by myself.

Is it right?

Goodluck

-Liyu
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