Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: [PATCH] Remove module reference counting. | Date | Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:10:30 -0700 | From | "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" <> |
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> From: Rusty Russell [mailto:rusty@rustcorp.com.au]
> > Last but not least weren't we moving towards a more modular kernel with > > early userspace loading things from initrd as needed? Removing existing > > module functionality, however broken it may be, seems to me a step > > backward in this regard. > > Not really. Adding modules is required. Removing them is a more > dubious goal, and if we didn't already have it, I know we'd balk at > doing it.
Can I add that it is really desirable to remove modules when developing drivers? [and so to avoid reboots when loading new code?].
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