[bootlin/training-materials updates] master: kernel: modules: Rework a little bit the out-of-tree vs in-tree slide (f5feb687)

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Wed Nov 10 11:09:13 CET 2021


Repository : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials/commit/f5feb687f37de72cc901cb5b107223bb6c9d192b

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commit f5feb687f37de72cc901cb5b107223bb6c9d192b
Author: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Date:   Wed Nov 10 10:33:05 2021 +0100

    kernel: modules: Rework a little bit the out-of-tree vs in-tree slide
    
    Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>


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f5feb687f37de72cc901cb5b107223bb6c9d192b
 .../kernel-driver-development-modules.tex                        | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/slides/kernel-driver-development-modules/kernel-driver-development-modules.tex b/slides/kernel-driver-development-modules/kernel-driver-development-modules.tex
index 11b9d4ea..354cbfa4 100644
--- a/slides/kernel-driver-development-modules/kernel-driver-development-modules.tex
+++ b/slides/kernel-driver-development-modules/kernel-driver-development-modules.tex
@@ -142,15 +142,16 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("William Shakespeare");
   \item \emph{Out of tree}, when the code is outside of the kernel
     source tree, in a different directory
     \begin{itemize}
-    \item Drawbacks: Not integrated to the kernel
-      configuration/compilation process, needs to be built
-      separately, the driver cannot be built statically
+    \item Not integrated into the kernel configuration/compilation
+      process
+    \item Needs to be built separately
+    \item The driver cannot be built statically, only as a module
     \end{itemize}
   \item Inside the kernel tree
     \begin{itemize}
     \item Well integrated into the kernel configuration/compilation
        process
-    \item Driver can be built statically if needed
+    \item The driver can be built statically or as a module
     \end{itemize}
   \end{itemize}
 \end{frame}




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