Re: [RFC] Backward compatibility and WAN netdev configuration

[Marco d'Itri]

On Feb 01, Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> a) Currently it consists of mid-layer WAN protocols single module (Cisco
>    HDLC, FR etc.) + low-level hardware HDLC card driver (C101, N2, PCI200SYN
>    etc.). I'm thinking about splitting the protocol module into separate
>    modules - it would make them independent, users would be able to
>    load, say, FR without PPP or X.25 and underlying syncppp, lapb etc.
>    From the technical POV it would be superior to current code but it
>    would require sysadmins to change modprobe.conf, add another modprobe
>    or something like that. Not a real problem but the upgrade can't be
>    automatic.
Why you cannot support autoloading the modules when a specific protocol
is needed?

-- 
ciao,
Marco
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