On Sunday 16 November 2003 15:21, Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote:
> >
> > 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 fix> ed, no ?-)
>
no. you can't just remove MOD_{INC,DEC}_USE_COUNT without providing
alternative refcount mechanism. Warnings are put there for a reason :)
> > 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 ?
PC card IDE? harddrake (or something else) probing for right driver for your
card?
> without modular ide i don't think there is a way to really reduce the
> kernel size
>
