RE: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: ethernet: i40e: fix build error

[Wyborny, Carolyn]

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> From: netdev-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:netdev-
> owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Lunn
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2018 11:03 AM
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> Cc: Wang, Dongsheng <dongsheng.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Kirsher,
> Jeffrey T <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: ethernet: i40e: fix build error
> 
[..]
> You have a few options here.
> 
> 1) A library module, containing shared code. Use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL()
> in the library module, and the kernel runtime linker will link the
> calls into the library. Also, modprobe will ensure the library module
> is loaded first, before the driver module.
> 
> 2) Build time sharing of code. Place the shared code into a .o file,
> and link it to both modules.
> 
> There is nothing particularly difficult here, this all done lots of
> times within the kernel. Just look around and see how others do it.

Thanks Andrew,

Yes, I agree and we do have a team working on doing this.

Carolyn

Carolyn Wyborny 
Linux Development 
Networking Division 
Intel Corporation