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Re: Proposal: Disable autoload of compat_xyz modules



On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 12:17:58PM +0200, Maxime Villard wrote:
> Re-thinking about this again, it seems to me we could simply add a flags
> field in modinfo_t, with a bit that says "if this module is builtin, then
> don't load it". To use compat_xyz, you'll have to type modload, and the
> kernel will load the module from the builtin list.

If I compile a kernel with a built-in module, I expect this module to
be active. Otherwise I don't compile it.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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