Master File Configuration

Master File Configuration

If a dynamically loadable module has an associated master file, the master file must include a d in the FLAG field. The d flag indicates to lboot that the module is a dynamically loadable kernel module. If the d flag is present, lboot parses the module's master file but does not fill in the entry in the corresponding kernel switch table for the module. All global data defined in the master file are included in the master.c file generated by lboot. The kernel must be configured with master files that contain the d option for each module that will be a dynamically loadable module, if lboot is used to load, register, unload, unregister, or autoregister the module. If the ml command is used, then it is not necessary to create a master file for the module.