Re: RFC: /proc/module namespace

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Thu, 2 Sep 1999 11:01:28 -0500 (CDT)


On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> > Does that mean that, if a device driver is compiled as a module, its
> > data gets placed in /proc/module, but if it is compiled statically into
> > the kernel, that the information will go somewhere else?
>
> No change in behavior at all. A module can be compiled into the kernel.

His point still stands - you've made a semantic distinction that wasn't
there before. If it's not a module, then why is it listed in
/proc/modules? Maybe the top-level proc code needs to be cleaned up
instead.

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