Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:00:22 -0800 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro. |
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On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:37:43 +0100 Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> > With my "Enterprise" hat on, I can see where Andi was coming from > > originally. > > For the record my original motivation was to fix the "TCP exports everything > for ipv6.ko" case cleanly. I later realized that it would be useful for the > ABI stability issues too, but it was really not my primary motivation. > This is why I didn't even mention that in the original patch description.
Since ipv6 can never be removed because it references itself, the whole concept of a modular ipv6 is flawed. Sometime ago a patch was sent to remove the ipv6 module unload hooks but as I recall Dave rejected it believing the unload code could be fixed. -- Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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