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 -- Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade. - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
