lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2007]   [Nov]   [28]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    From
    SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.
    Date
    On Wednesday 28 November 2007 17:48:17 Adrian Bunk wrote:
    > On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:06:45AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
    > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 03:00:22PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
    > >...
    > > > of a modular ipv6 is flawed.
    > >
    > > Modules that cannot be unloaded are still useful. Standard case: Distributions
    > > like to offer an option to not use ipv6 because that is popular workaround
    > > for the common "DNS server eats AAAA queries and causes delays" issue.
    > > Forcing the user to rebuild the kernel for this wouldn't be practical.
    > > If ipv6 wasn't modular that would be hard to do.
    >
    > It should be trivial doing it similar to the selinux=0 boot option.

    They safe also a few hundred KB of memory this way.
    I know it is not en vogue anymore to care about memory bloat, but
    I personally like that.

    -Andi

    -
    To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
    the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
    More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
    Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2007-11-28 18:37    [W:5.386 / U:0.016 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site