> David Howells <David.Howells@nexor.co.uk> wrote:
> > Now there's an idea... have the kernel autoload modules based on a
> > particular syscall number being handled in that module. Madness
> > *grin*.
kaos@ocs.com.au said:
> No more madness than kmod loading a module called char-major-10-135
> for /dev/rtc. Or code that uses modules.pcimap to work out which
> module to load for a PCI device. Just teach kmod to load
> syscall-agent-86 if you want to get smart.
... and make it handle the use count on the module properly.
struct syscall {
struct module *owner;
int (*handler)();
int whatever_other_random_thing_MIPS_keeps_in_syscall_table;
} syscall_table[__NR_syscalls]
Yeuch.
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