On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 05:03:27AM +0200, Jose Luis Zabalza wrote: > I'm trying write some code into barebox and I have seen things that > caught my attention. > > 1.- Modules on barebox. lsmod, insmod commands, EXPORT_SYMBOL() macro. > What is the purpouse of these ? Modules have no means less memory > footprint ;-?? There are people out there who want to be able to add functionality later. Think about a product which was delivered in large quantities; then you decide that you need a new functionality in the bootloader. Modules make a nice interface for doing so. rsc -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox
