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Date:      Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:07:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004242202480.50194-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000424171908.D397@jade.chc-chimes.com>

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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> The entire point is that somewhere the user has decided to upgrade
> their system, and they need to know what the consequences are before
> taking the plunge. If they upgrade their system half-ass (kernel, but
> not modules) they are digging their own grave.

More to the point, until the module versioning and dependency stuff hits
the tree, KLD modules remain a useful novelty.  I wouldn't consider them
to be at all appropriate for production systems right now.  The only
reliable way to insure that a given module works with a given kernel is to
build them from the same source tree at the same time. </strong opinion>

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| Matthew N. Dodd  | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD  |
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