Just a quick question. Please be gentl. I'm not a kernel hack. I just
want to make sure that it will still be possible to build a monolythic
kernel with ATM support. If not, that is a BAD thing.
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> The following patch moves linux-2.4.9/drivers/atm
> to the relatively new module_{init,exit} interface, simplifying
> the code and removing the reference to the ATM drivers from
> linux/drivers/genhd.c (this is partly motivated by my effort to get
> rid of genhd.c). The changes also include some pci_device_id tables,
> which enable automatic loading of the modules via pcimodules (or
> a similar program). These changes are also all steps toward porting
> the atm drivers to the new PCI interface. In the case zatm.c, I
> have actually ported it to the new PCI interface, although it
> shares the stock zatm driver's deficiency of not supporting
> module removal.
>
> Note that this change deletes linux-2.4.9/drivers/atmdev_init.c,
> since the conversion to module_{init,exit} completely obseletes that file.
>
> If these changes look OK, I would like to get them
> into the stock kernel. If there is a maintainer on linux-atm-general
> who shepherds these patches to Alan and Linus, and if these changes
> are good, please let me know if you are going to "officially" send them
> to Alan and Linus or if you want me to do so or if there is some other
> procedure that I should follow.
>
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