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To: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 00:13:46 -0700
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>unplugged.  I am sure we have something like that already.  Another thing
>can
>be (again, if it is not there already) is a strict versioning option, which 
>even linux has;  It allows the kernel modules loader to verify that a given
>module is of the proper/matching version before loading.

   This has been planned since the beginning, but as of yet noone has
implemented it. At this point adding it might be a waste of time since
we are looking at completely replacing the existing LKM system.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project