From: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@zmailer.org>
To: Alexander Chacon <chacona@mechanus.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Modular ipv4 inquiries...
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 20:33:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031101183336.GD26480@mea-ext.zmailer.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1067711134.659a9dpacz4s@webmail.mechanus.org>
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 12:25:34PM -0600, Alexander Chacon wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I would like to know a few things about making the ipv4 code modular. I've been
> working on a school assignment that requires implementing tunneling, but first
> ipv4 must be modularized... it needs to be done using kernel 2.4.20
>
> .... What should I consider for a start, and how hard can it be
> in the end?
When I did it way back when once, it took me 1 or 2 days to do
basic modularization, where the IPv4 is installable once, and
will stay in forever (like IPv6 is now). To make it uninstallable
took me another week.
> I've experienced a lot of undefined symbol references which are linked
> to core kernel files!, isn't there a way to access these symbols from
> the module into the kernel while executing?
Yes. You need to export them from basic core.
> Thanks in advance
> Alexander Chacon
/Matti Aarnio
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-11-01 18:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-11-01 18:25 Modular ipv4 inquiries Alexander Chacon
2003-11-01 18:33 ` Matti Aarnio [this message]
2003-11-02 19:02 ` Mike Fedyk
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