From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo2.tiscali.be [62.235.13.211]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 813EF482D for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2003 13:32:22 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3F33FAC5.40509@tiscali.be> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 19:32:21 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jan-Benedict Glaw Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] adding a second nic to B1000 References: <20030807110141.25427.h020.c009.wm@mail.canada.com.criticalpath.net> <3F335550.3030804@tiscali.be> <20030808150256.GX1873@lug-owl.de> In-Reply-To: <20030808150256.GX1873@lug-owl.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: >On Fri, 2003-08-08 07:46:24 +0000, Joel Soete >wrote in message <3F335550.3030804@tiscali.be>: > > >>geos@canada.com wrote: >> >> > > > >>But to load modules, they have to be build for the kernel you are >>running (I think that will change in 2.6). So the only think to do now >> >> > >I'm quite sure that won't change, ever. Linux, if it's compatible to >itself at all, has got "only" a source compatible API. You're somewhat >on a more save side if you're using symbol versioning, but if you force >a module to load (into a kernel of different version or even of >different configuration), you may loose. Right now or sometime later:) > >That's what "tainting" was ment for:) > >MfG, JBG > > > Sorry for this confuion I do have missunderstood some discussion on the subject, my bad :( Thanks for those clarification, Joel