> -----Original Message----- > From: Dmitry Torokhov > > How about this: > > in libps2.c let's add and export a function pointer > > i8042_lock_chip_if_port_owner: it is used to replace the current > > if (i8042_check_port_owner(ps2dev->serio)) > > i8042_lock_chip(); > > The function pointer has a default value NULL, and in i8042.c: i8042_init() > > we set the function pointer if an i8042 device is found? > > Hmm, that would make i8042 depend on libps2, which might be OK, but how > do you deal with the locking here? I.e. what happens if you unload i8042 > right when we go through this sequence? Ok, I got it. > Maybe we need to split i8042_lock_chip() and friends into a separate > module that always loads, even if i8042 is not present. > Dmitry Good idea! However the more difficult thing is i8042_check_port_owner() -- used by libps2.c too. Then the separate module will also have to include and EXPORT DEFINE_SPINLOCK(i8042_lock); struct i8042_port i8042_ports[I8042_NUM_PORTS]; ? This seems a non-trivial change... :-( Thanks, -- Dexuan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
