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Date:      Mon, 02 Aug 2004 14:51:07 -0700
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.org>
Cc:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/modules Makefile
Message-ID:  <410EB74B.7020206@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <200408021954.i72JsYD5028875@grimreaper.grondar.org>
References:  <200408021954.i72JsYD5028875@grimreaper.grondar.org>

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Mark Murray wrote:
> Brooks Davis writes:
> 
>>IMO this is a module system bug not a bug in any given module.  There's no
>>good reason for the system to succeed at loading a module that's already
>>there regardless of how it got there.  I don't understand the module
>>system well enough to know where the bug lies, but I believe the
>>DECLARE_MODULE statement provides more then enough information to avoid
>>duplicates.
> 
> I'm looking to see if MODULE_VERSION() may fix this.

The case where mem is compiled into the kernel and then an attempt is 
made to load it as a module needs to be detected by looking for an 
instance of the devclass.  See how acpi/legacy co-exist.  This is not 
just a problem with the same module being loaded multiple times.

-Nate



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