Re: Weak x86 aliases

["Mathew, Cherry G." <cherry%zyx.in@localhost>]

On December 28, 2018 8:40:11 PM GMT+05:30, Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 28, 2018, at 6:06 AM, Cherry G.Mathew <cherry%zyx.in@localhost> wrote:
>> 
>> I don't like the imperative in your tone. NVMM is the user of
>modloader,
>> not PVHVM. So if you feel like your usecase needs fixing, I'd say
>it's
>> your problem - or don't use modules, but see below.
>
>...but as the person who committed the change that broke it, you're
>responsible.  His use case didn't need fixing until you introduced weak
>symbols that our kernel loader can't currently resolve.
>
>-- thorpej

That seems like a dependency burden on people developing new features. I can't tell if modload is the only way to get NVMM to run. If it is, then ok. If not, then there's the option of provisionally turning it off until we fix the underlying problem.

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