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Date:      Mon, 24 Apr 2000 04:46:43 -0500
From:      Richard Wackerbarth <rkw@dataplex.net>
To:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility
Message-ID:  <00042404464300.09955@nomad.dataplex.net>
In-Reply-To: <200004240605.XAA66216@apollo.backplane.com>
References:  <200004231909.MAA09128@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <00042315420301.24082@nomad.dataplex.net> <200004240605.XAA66216@apollo.backplane.com>

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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.


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