> On Sunday 16 November 2003 06:20, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> > > On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:20:00 +0100 (MET)
> > >
> > > "Svetoslav Slavtchev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > nope, module does not work. Even if it possible to fix all missing
> > > > > exported
> > > > > symbols, IDE layer does not provide for any sort of module
> reference
> > > > > counting
> > > > > (for chipset drivers) meaning it is simply unsafe. Which implies
> > > > > kernel must
> > > > > include all IDE drivers :(
> > > >
> > > > IIRC debian use it for ages
> > > > ( and they are far no that experimental as mandrake is)
> > > > and the kernel becomes really small
> > > >
> > > > with Os -- bzImage ~ 1400kb
> > > > with Os + modular ide -- ~ 11xx kb
> > > >
> > > > it should work, we only need to hack mkinitrd
> > > > & may be harddrake/ drakx
> > > > +++ include the debian patch
> > >
> > > I wonder how they do it.
> > > Is there a patch for modular IDE in their kenrel ?
> > > It is officially broken, even in 2.4 .
> >
> > yes, they do have patches both for 2.4 & for 2.6
> >
>
> you missed my point. modular IDE is unsafe because there is no reference
> counting for IDE modules. their patch does not change it, it just adds a
> couple of EXPORT_MODULES. Nor does patch really fixes
> MOD_{INC,DEC}_USE_COUNT
> warnings
the warnings could be easily fixed, no ?-)
> it can't be solved by fixing compilation problems, it needs serious
> redesign
> of IDE layer.
that's true, but it's in that state for a long, long time
and how many users are going to load additional ide drivers once the system
is up
and running and unload the ide modules, once they are loaded ?
without modular ide i don't think there is a way to really reduce the kernel
size
svetljo
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