Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:49:37 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Module alias and device table support. |
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Hi,
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Horst von Brand wrote:
> People > backward compatibility and minimal upgrading pain (to get your random BOFH > to recompile a kernel is _not_ trivial today!) is much more important than > code backward compatibility, IMHO. [I'm speaking from the perspective of > the user/sysadmin, _not_ the kernel hacker here].
I can only agree and I hope more people realize the importance of this. My main problem with the module fiasco are the complete new user space tools. I urge anyone who only cares a little bit about modules to compare modules.conf(5) with modprobe.conf(5) and to tell me whether _all_ the removed options are really unnecessary? What happened to deprecating features _first_?
bye, Roman
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