From: corbet@lwn.net (Jonathan Corbet)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OKS] Module removal
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 09:53:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020702155319.25599.qmail@eklektix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 02 Jul 2002 11:20:19 EDT." <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020702111607.27954E-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com>
> Also, as someone mentioned, it means a reboot every time you need to try
> something new while doing module development. That doesn't sound like a
> great idea...
This is a misconception I've seen go by a few times now; maybe I wrote up
that session badly. Anyway...
...the module remove option, under the proposal, would not disappear
entirely. It would just no longer be represented as safe. Removable
modules would be a "kernel hacking" option, still available to people
developing drivers and such. Aunt Tillie would no longer be able to remove
modules from her kernel, but that's not likely to bother her too much...
jon
Jonathan Corbet
Executive editor, LWN.net
corbet@lwn.net
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-07-02 15:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-01 17:48 Bill Davidsen
2002-07-01 18:35 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-01 18:42 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2002-07-01 18:45 ` Shawn
2002-07-01 19:57 ` Diego Calleja
2002-07-01 20:03 ` Diego Calleja
2002-07-01 22:20 ` Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2002-07-01 22:56 ` Ryan Anderson
2002-07-02 11:37 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
2002-07-02 12:04 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-02 13:13 ` jlnance
2002-07-03 3:48 ` simple handling of module removals " Pavel Machek
2002-07-03 17:25 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-03 23:46 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-08 12:21 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-08 12:41 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-08 12:57 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-07-08 13:58 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-08 15:48 ` Daniel Gryniewicz
2002-07-08 17:23 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-07-08 13:06 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-08 13:15 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-03 23:48 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-05 9:40 ` Stephen Tweedie
2002-07-06 19:40 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-06 19:47 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-04 1:18 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 1:53 ` Andrew Morton
2002-07-04 4:00 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 2:25 ` Brian Gerst
2002-07-04 3:54 ` David Gibson
2002-07-04 4:08 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 15:02 ` Brian Gerst
2002-07-04 19:18 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-05 13:48 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-07 14:56 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-07 22:36 ` Roman Zippel
2002-07-08 1:09 ` Daniel Mose
2002-07-09 17:07 ` Daniel Mose
2002-07-08 18:13 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-08 22:43 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-09 14:00 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-02 15:20 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-02 15:53 ` Jonathan Corbet [this message]
2002-07-02 16:07 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-02 17:48 ` Tom Rini
2002-07-02 18:10 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-02 21:50 ` Ryan Anderson
2002-07-03 22:26 ` Diego Calleja
2002-07-04 0:00 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-04 8:04 ` Helge Hafting
2002-07-02 16:08 ` Werner Almesberger
[not found] ` <Pine.LNX.3.95.1020702075957.24872A-100000@chaos.analogic.c om>
2002-07-04 8:36 ` Mike Galbraith
2002-07-03 0:09 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-07-12 21:51 ` David Lang
2002-07-02 4:08 RE2: " Brian Gerst
2002-07-02 4:53 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-02 5:43 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-02 16:36 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-02 16:50 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2002-07-02 18:05 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-03 3:50 ` Pavel Machek
2002-07-04 4:11 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-04 6:29 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-04 6:50 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-07 21:09 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-07-07 21:41 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-08 0:31 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-07-08 6:42 ` Oliver Neukum
2002-07-08 0:18 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-08 0:46 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-07-08 6:22 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-07-08 10:16 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-09 0:07 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-09 0:27 ` Keith Owens
2002-07-09 3:09 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-09 6:25 ` Roman Zippel
2002-07-09 8:59 ` Kai Germaschewski
2002-07-09 11:06 ` Roman Zippel
2002-07-04 12:29 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-07-09 1:50 ` Kevin O'Connor
2002-07-09 2:37 ` Werner Almesberger
2002-07-02 23:35 ` Alexander Viro
2002-07-02 12:20 Ariel Garcia
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