kanishk rastogi schrieb: > hi all, > When we export a symbol using EXPORT_SYMBOL, We can use it to be called > by other modules when we insert this module ....... > I wanted to know when does this symbol gets added to the kernel symbol > table ... It's added when the module is loaded with insmod and removed when the module is removed. But you don't have to use EXPORT_SYMBOL. if you don't care about it, every symbol, that is not static will be exportet. > Or what happens when we insert the module so that this symbol is > accessible .... If you want to check which symbols of your module are exported, check /proc/kallsyms. andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ