From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: /dev/rob0 Subject: Re: ROUTE woes ? Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 15:52:47 -0500 Message-ID: <200508231552.47761.rob0@gmx.co.uk> References: <20050823203317.5EA2749EE@sorry.no-ip-here.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050823203317.5EA2749EE@sorry.no-ip-here.net> Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org On Tuesday 2005-August-23 15:34, Ruben Cardenal wrote: > > If all netfilter drivers were built as modules, is an entire > > compile / reboot necessary? Can you just get away with a "make > > modules" (and "make modules_install") if the POM drivers are the > > only thing you're changing? > > Where did I say reboot, dude? :) When you say "recompile your > kernel" you know you are refering to "make the needed changes, issue > the needed actions" Sometimes not, like if a new module requires changing something in a driver that was built in. What I was really asking was if POM needs any hooks that might not exist in the kernel, and I guess you have answered that. > :) If we needed a reboot for everything, we would be called windows > : :P A surprising number of people think they want monolithic kernels which *do* rather emulate Windows in their inflexibility. Modularity is one of my favourite rant subjects. :) Thanks for the reply. -- mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header