Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:13:14 -0500 From: "Jacques A . Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> To: Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <20000424101314.A76089@spawn.nectar.com> In-Reply-To: <00042409270400.09338@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 09:27:04AM -0500 References: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0004241008370.13917-100000@rac8.wam.umd.edu> <00042409270400.09338@nomad.dataplex.net>
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 09:27:04AM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote: > On a released system, I may not have the sources to recompile the module. > It might be a proprietary module that I got with the hardware, for example. How real is this? What modules are we talking about? The last time I queried on `-stable' for users of third-party modules, only one was revealed. Are all modules effected, or only those that use certain interfaces? > That is why STABLE INTERFACES are so IMPORTANT to USERS. Agreed. -- Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / nectar@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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