Re: ndis [was Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules]

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 06:00:18PM -0500, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:56:41PM +0000, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
> > > Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2017 00:45:24 +0200
> > > From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
> > > 
> > > > compat_ndis
> > > 
> > > This one perhaps could stay. It's for network driver.
> > 
> > On review, it appears this is not actually included in any GENERIC
> > kernels at all -- or even the x86 ALL kernels.  It doesn't even seem
> > to build.  It is marked as `experimental'.  Does anyone care about it?
> > 
> 
> I might care about it if it worked.  I couldn't even make it work for
> wired NICs some years ago.  I have a feeling it's incomplete and/or
> broken.  I don't think it does any syscall compat stuff though.

Correct. It is an emulation layer of the NDIS kernel API. No user
servicable parts here.

Joerg