Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 May 2002 13:25:52 -0400 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: kbuild 2.5 is ready for inclusion in the 2.5 kernel |
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On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:36:26PM +0200, Martin Dalecki wrote: > U¿ytkownik Richard Gooch napisa³: > > Arjan van de Ven writes: > > > >>someone using perl to replace the built-in kernel version in the .o > >>file) > > > > > > Oh, my! Do people really do that?!? > > Yes they do, if they wont for example to get some > PCTEL win chip driver working. No matter what Alan and some others > think is good for them :-). > > The main problem with mod-versions is the simple fact > that policy doesn't belong in to the kernel it belongs > in the user space. And mod-version is *just policy*. > > See... if some impaired project manager at some > linux distro provider associated with hats, > who does decisions like for example basing the main OS > configuration tools on instable programming languages > like python or perl... does decide that he needs > the functionality of MODULEVERSIONS to get full controll about the > users of his crappy product. Why the hell doesn't he let all this > version checking be done for his own kernel cook-up entierly in > his patched mod-utils? And entierly in USER SPACE? He does > have the full scope of things which need the bless of versioning > over them at his hands and there is *no technical* argument why this > should be done in kernel space at all!
Thank you for this insult and welcome to my .procmailrc
Oh and please don't forget your medicine tomorrow as you did today..
> It just DOES NOT BELONG in to the kernel-space.
That's why it's done by modutils.
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