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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Remove module reference counting.
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On Sad, 2003-07-26 at 20:37, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > It's not just a developer thing. At least installers etc used to do some
> > device probing by loading modules and depending on the result.
>
> yes but those same installers couldn't care less if the kernel
> completely frees the memory of the module text or if it leaks that.
> It won't even notice the difference....

On a 64Mb box the Red Hat installer would crash in this situation if you
do the maths

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