mirror of https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>
To: Bas Mevissen <ml@basmevissen.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Shut up about the damn modules already...
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:55:28 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040213105528.E14506@build.pdx.osdl.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <402D0083.7010606@basmevissen.nl>; from ml@basmevissen.nl on Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 05:51:15PM +0100

[trimmed back Cc:]

* Bas Mevissen (ml@basmevissen.nl) wrote:
> I'm wondering why it is that the kernel is asking for non-existing 
> modules so often. Is it that userspace applications try to access all 
> kinds of devices too often (autoprobing) or it this (wanted) kernel 
> behaviour?

The most common and annoying example (the one Rusty used), "net-pf-10,"
is a result of a userspace app doing simple socket(AF_INET6,...).

thanks,
-chris
-- 
Linux Security Modules     http://lsm.immunix.org     http://lsm.bkbits.net

  reply	other threads:[~2004-02-13 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-02-12  3:13 Rusty Russell
2004-02-12 15:13 ` Rik van Riel
2004-02-12 17:30   ` [PATCH] Documentation on how to debug modules Alex Goddard
2004-02-13 16:51 ` [PATCH] Shut up about the damn modules already Bas Mevissen
2004-02-13 18:55   ` Chris Wright [this message]
2004-02-13 19:38   ` Russell King
2004-02-13 17:38 Samium Gromoff
2004-02-13 19:41 ` Russell King

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20040213105528.E14506@build.pdx.osdl.net \
    --to=chrisw@osdl.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=ml@basmevissen.nl \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox

all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®