Re: PATCH 2.3.28: drivers/net/Makefile update

Peter Samuelson (peter@wire.cadcamlab.org)
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 05:28:44 -0600 (CST)


[Dominik Kubla]
> It should be possible compiling all modularized drivers as linkable
> and loadable drivers at once by using different ELF sections for the
> kernel interface. The drivers could then be linked to produce a
> monolithic kernel or just loaded as LKM. Am i making myself
> understandable here?

Not a new idea but AFAIK nobody has *implemented* it yet. Rumor has it
that HPA has something brewing. I don't know any details, though.
Peter?

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Peter Samuelson
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