linux-kernel - Re: HID bus

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Message-ID: <4824C11B.4090305@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 09 May 2008 23:24:43 +0200
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
CC:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, marcel@...tmann.org,
	mit-devel@...ts.printk.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HID bus

On 04/22/2008 02:00 AM, Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> 
>> So I suppose we still need the option to let users compile all the 
>> chosen drivers into hid.

This won't work either. It wouldn't link due to multiple definitions of 
module_init, module_exit and some module tables.

> Another possible workaround is to introduce dummy "hid" module, that will 
> just depend on all other drivers with a reference to certail symbol (and 
> this could of course be optional as CONFIG_HID_COMPAT, or whatever).

Actually this may work if we load hid_dummy by request_module from hid. I have 
no other better idea.
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