Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 1 Feb 2006 15:49:17 +0100 | Subject | Re: [RFC] Backward compatibility and WAN netdev configuration | From | (Marco d'Itri) |
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On Feb 01, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl> wrote:
> a) Currently it consists of mid-layer WAN protocols single module (Cisco > HDLC, FR etc.) + low-level hardware HDLC card driver (C101, N2, PCI200SYN > etc.). I'm thinking about splitting the protocol module into separate > modules - it would make them independent, users would be able to > load, say, FR without PPP or X.25 and underlying syncppp, lapb etc. > From the technical POV it would be superior to current code but it > would require sysadmins to change modprobe.conf, add another modprobe > or something like that. Not a real problem but the upgrade can't be > automatic. Why you cannot support autoloading the modules when a specific protocol is needed?
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