> Here is my opinion: I want the kernel to provide a well-defined,
> documented interface to modules. And I also want this interface
> to be stable across different configurations, so that modules
> keep working even when someone reconfigures their kernel.
Are such interface changes worth the performance penalty they incur?
I think it should be enough to add an mechanism preventing insertion
of modules compiled for a different kernel (i.e., adding parameters
like SMP-ness and physical memory size to the kernel version string
stored in the module).
Have a nice fortnight
-- Martin `MJ' Mares <mj@ucw.cz> http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/ Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth "This line is umop apisdn."- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu