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Enrico Weigelt wrote: > I didn't have the time for an deeper study yet, but as you already > mentioned, there're lots of limitations which can make it harmful: > as soon as interfaces chance, you're in *big* trouble. There should > be a way for finding them (automatically). Maybe extract the > interface signatures (including structs!) so some appropriate place > next to the kernel, so they can be checked before (re)loading the > module. Actually there is a mature discipline around data changes that dates back to before Unix v7, but it's off-topic for this discussion: it would make the changes too big (;-)) If anyone is interested, see http://multicians.org/stachour.html and/or send me mail --dave (reading LKML when he should be working) c-b -- David Collier-Brown | Always do right. This will gratify Sun Microsystems, Toronto | some people and astonish the rest davecb@sun.com | -- Mark Twain (905) 943-1983, cell: (647) 833-9377, (800) 555-9786 x56583 bridge: (877) 385-4099 code: 506 9191# | ||||||||||||
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