"may" is the key word. A driver can be compiled separately from the
kernel too, of course, making a driver and module the same thing.
The current kernel view of things is that EVERYTHING is a module. Most
kernel drivers behave exactly the same whether they are a module or not.
> So at the very least, the directory should be /proc/drivers. Except that
Since /proc/module naming is a source of confusion I'll buy that.
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Americans' greatest fear is that America will turn out to have been a
phenomenon, not a civilization.
-- Shirley Hazzard, "Transit of Venus"
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