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Re: macros

On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 12:03:19PM +0530, C.Mohanasundaram wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have couple of questions 
> 
> 1. what is the purpose of using the following macros in a module
> 
> MODULE_AUTHOR(name)

Tell module tools the author of the module.

> MODULE_DESCRIPTION(desc)

Give a short outline on the purpose of this module.

> MOD_IN_USE

Check wether the module is in use.

> 2. In the sys_call_table only first 221 postions are occupied by the system 
> calls in i386 architecture.What is stored exactly in the remaining positions.

It's undefined.  In later kernel releases there will be more syscalls, but
that is not easily testable inside kernelspace.

> What i want to know exactly is if i try to insert my own sytem call after 
> 221nd position using a loadable module,

You can't.

	Christoph

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Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade.
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