From owner-freebsd-current Mon Apr 24 8:13:22 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from gw.nectar.com (gw.nectar.com [209.98.143.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2F1D37B635 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 08:13:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nectar@nectar.com) Received: by gw.nectar.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EA83B2435BF; Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:13:14 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 10:13:14 -0500 From: "Jacques A . Vidrine" To: Richard Wackerbarth Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility Message-ID: <20000424101314.A76089@spawn.nectar.com> References: <00042409270400.09338@nomad.dataplex.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <00042409270400.09338@nomad.dataplex.net>; from rkw@dataplex.net on Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 09:27:04AM -0500 X-Url: http://www.nectar.com/ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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