From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754727AbYIZJvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:51:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754092AbYIZJup (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:50:45 -0400 Received: from posthamster.phnxsoft.com ([195.227.45.4]:2550 "EHLO posthamster.phnxsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753938AbYIZJuo (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:50:44 -0400 Message-ID: <48DCB05F.7000902@imap.cc> Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:50:23 +0200 From: Tilman Schmidt User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-AT; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080702 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christoph Hellwig CC: Pawe? Sikora , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [kernel-abi] symbol versioning vs. out-of-tree modules. References: <20080924163431.GA25014@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20080924163431.GA25014@infradead.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig98AE58CA9873012BA10F4556" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig98AE58CA9873012BA10F4556 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Christoph Hellwig schrieb: > On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 05:07:59PM +0200, Pawe? Sikora wrote: >> Hi All, >>=20 >> with out-of-tree kernel modules we (users and linux distributions) >=20 > "we" aka the idiots that use out of tree modules on production systems.= Tsk. Tsk. Insults are no substitute for arguments. > Just stop doing that, and your problem is solved. s/solved/transformed into an even harder one/ Before throwing out something used on production systems you have to have a working replacement solution. Yes, I know, people are working on that, but "being worked on" !=3D "working". HTH T. --=20 Tilman Schmidt E-Mail: tilman@imap.cc Bonn, Germany Diese Nachricht besteht zu 100% aus wiederverwerteten Bits. Unge=F6ffnet mindestens haltbar bis: (siehe R=FCckseite) --------------enig98AE58CA9873012BA10F4556 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI3LBnQ3+did9BuFsRAi8wAKCH00uryBU+baR3A8rVE2BGYVjbyQCfTWSv Sblhjpcr/Yzfx7nZRseMeas= =9ywA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig98AE58CA9873012BA10F4556--