Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

Adrian Bunk
2007-11-27T21:39:00Z

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:15:23PM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
>> The real problem is that these drivers are not in the upstream kernel.
>>
>> Are there common reasons why these drivers are not upstream?
>
> One might be that upstream has not accepted them. Anything doing or
> smelling of TOE comes to mind right away.

Which modules doing or smelling of TOE do work with unmodified vendor
kernels?

AFAIR TOE was both not a module and required some hooks in the network
stack, so it's completely outside the scope of this thread.

> rick jones

cu
Adrian

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