Re: PATCH 2.3.28: drivers/net/Makefile update

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Sat, 13 Nov 1999 13:42:42 -0800

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Peter Samuelson wrote:
>
> [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?
>

I'm working on it as part of Genesis, but I have a bunch of other things
brewing as well, so it's going to take some time. It's a lot of work.

-hpa

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