Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:09:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenneth Wayne Culver <culverk@wam.umd.edu> To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004241008370.13917-100000@rac8.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <39044A19.F6F4E479@vangelderen.org>
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> Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > > > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Matthew Dillon wrote: > > > : However, I consider your SMP changes VERY destablizing; they BREAK > > > : lots of modules :-( > > > > > > Huh? No they don't. They simply require recompiling the modules. If > > > they actually broke the modules I wouldn't be trying to MFC it to > > > -stable. > > > > >From the USER's perspective, anything that requires me to as much as reload > > a module/program that I have already installed "breaks" it. > > The fact that it is only necessary to recompile it in order to fix it only > > means that it is easy to fix IF I have the source code. > > I don't think it was ever recommended that you upgrade your kernel > without upgrading and rebuilding the modules (better still, world) at > the same time. So this wouldn't really have an adverse effect, would it? > I believe that it depends on what changes were made since the last recompile, although it is good practice to at least recompile the modules when the kernel is recompiled. ================================================================= | Kenneth Culver | FreeBSD: The best OS around. | | Unix Systems Administrator | ICQ #: 24767726 | | and student at The | AIM: muythaibxr | | The University of Maryland, | Website: (Under Construction) | | College Park. | http://www.wam.umd.edu/~culverk/| ================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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