Re: [2.6 patch] make UNIX a bool

[Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>]

On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 23:14:38 -0500 "James C. Georgas" <jgeorgas@rogers.com> wrote: 
> On Thu, 2006-02-03 at 21:32 +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > We do not have to export symbols we don't want to export to modules but 
> > needed by CONFIG_UNIX.
> 
> Sorry, I must just be dense, or something.
> 
> Is not the only difference between a modular driver and a built in
> driver supposed to be the initialization and cleanup functions?
> 
> I don't see why you would have to expose any additional symbols, over
> and above the existing required symbols, to load your module.

af_unix (IE: CONFIG_UNIX) currently uses the symbol get_max_files.  It 
is the only module that uses that symbol, and that symbol probably should 
not be exported as it's kind of an internal API.  Therefore if we mandate 
that CONFIG_UNIX != m, then that symbol may be properly unexported and 
made private, because nothing modular would use it.  Does that clear 
things up?

P.S.: Please don't remove people from the CC list if you expect them to 
respond to your message (Adrian Bunk readded to CC).

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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