Subject: Re: README: VFS change, breakings LKMs
To: Oleg Polyanski <luke@eed.miee.ru>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
List: current-users
Date: 03/17/2000 09:05:45
Oleg Polyanski wrote:
>         So why  not  introduce LKM  versioning scheme  that  by default  will
>         prevent  from loading  LKMs  with incompatible kernel  interface? And
>         extend `modload' functionality,  for  example, with `-f'  option that
>         will force loading on your own risk.. I think it would greatly reduce
>         amount of unexpected kernel crashes.

LKMM interface itself IS versioned. The other subsystems should probably
be too.

Jaromir
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