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SubjectRe: RFC: [2.6 patch] disallow modular IPv6
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 22:09 -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> For things inside the kernel, what ipv6 is doing is completely legal.
> Changing your config setting in any way in the main kernel tree can
> change just about anything else in the kernel, including the layout
> of structures.

With boolean options that's fair enough. But changing any config option
from 'n' to 'm' should not change anything in the main kernel. To do so
is confusing and should be considered broken, as Adrian says.

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dwmw2


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