On Fri, 04 Jan 2013, Rahul Bedarkar wrote: > Hi, > > This may be stupid question. > > When we compile external module and insert it, it's init function is called > and when we remove it, it's exit function gets called. > > What happens in case of built-in modules? When it's init and exit is > called? May be take example of one of auxdriver. > You can find relevant information in LDD3, pp. 31 ff.. Basically, there is no difference in the use of the init function (it's called at kernel startup, I suppose) but exit is simply discarded in this case, because if your module is built-in, it could never be removed. Regards, Tobi _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
