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Re: __init and module_init()

On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 01:34:07AM -0400, Dan Erickson wrote:
> 	
> 	Ok, thanks for clearing up my thinking on that guys.
> 
> Now my next question would be.... what happens if you do compile directly 
> into the kernel? How does the kenrel know the drivers entry point? My best 
> guess would be that it just uses the module_init() for the entry point 
> even though you arnt compiling the driver as a module. Is this correct?

Please read the include/linux/init.h file, which explains all of this.

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