From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro. Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:48:17 +0100 Message-ID: <20071128164817.GK3406@stusta.de> References: <20071122343.446909000@suse.de> <200711261228.15155.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <200711271549.37670.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <1196202698.3415.119.camel@jcmlaptop> <20071127223743.GI24223@one.firstfloor.org> <20071127150022.61bdff7e@freepuppy.rosehill> <20071127230645.GB31491@one.firstfloor.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: Stephen Hemminger , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell , Roland Dreier , Andi Kleen , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sam@ravnborg.org To: Andi Kleen Return-path: Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:39278 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755933AbXK1Qsa (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:48:30 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071127230645.GB31491@one.firstfloor.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 12:06:45AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 03:00:22PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >... > > of a modular ipv6 is flawed. > > Modules that cannot be unloaded are still useful. Standard case: Distributions > like to offer an option to not use ipv6 because that is popular workaround > for the common "DNS server eats AAAA queries and causes delays" issue. > Forcing the user to rebuild the kernel for this wouldn't be practical. > If ipv6 wasn't modular that would be hard to do. It should be trivial doing it similar to the selinux=0 boot option. > -Andi cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed