On Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:47:55 +0000
Al Viro [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 02:41:16PM -0700, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote:

quoted

Replace init_module and cleanup_module with static functions and
module_init/module_exit.

Would the esteemed sir bother to build the resulting tree with drivers
in question non-modular?

Damnit, people, try to think for a minute.  If these functions were
not called directly in non-modular case, the driver would not work
built-in.  Which is not apriori impossible, but might warrant some
further investigation.  Use of grep, for starters...

well...  The probe functions are still called, only they're now called at
initcall-time as well as from the infamous Space.c.

So I guess these patches should at least have removed the calls from
Space.c tables, but iirc things aren't as simple as that.  I don't remember
why.

IOW, please unapply the patches in question.

always happy to do that.