From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751147AbWDFEGP (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:06:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751150AbWDFEGP (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:06:15 -0400 Received: from h80ad24de.async.vt.edu ([128.173.36.222]:18366 "EHLO h80ad24de.async.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751147AbWDFEGO (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:06:14 -0400 Message-Id: <200604060405.k36451P7006883@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] modules_install must not remove existing modules In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:12:29 +0200." <20060405221229.GA8972@mars.ravnborg.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <200604052333.51085.agruen@suse.de> <20060405221229.GA8972@mars.ravnborg.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1144296294_2641P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:04:54 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1144296294_2641P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:12:29 +0200, Sam Ravnborg said: > I see no way to detect when it is OK to remove or not, so in the > principle of least suprise I prefer having the removal unconditional for > normal kernel builds, and no removal for external modules. That sounds workable to me. --==_Exmh_1144296294_2641P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFENJNmcC3lWbTT17ARAhSoAKDasQu35+25eSMd9u3/QLcpRQWTnACgpQ6K 3sqH1+mBnsuoMqkS4cCPP9Q= =Utvc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1144296294_2641P--