Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:25:01 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org> Cc: "Nikolay Y. Orlyuk" <nikolay@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Build options for kernel modules Message-ID: <20030321162501.GC1174@lenny.anarcat.ath.cx> In-Reply-To: <20030321161658.GA56375@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20030321153217.GA53518@comp.chem.msu.su> <20030321153907.GQ76182@asu.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> <20030321161658.GA56375@comp.chem.msu.su>
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--KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri Mar 21, 2003 at 07:16:58PM +0300, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 05:39:07PM +0200, Nikolay Y. Orlyuk wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:32:17PM +0300, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > > Hi there, > > >=20 > > > Excuse my stupid question, but I seem to have no time to do the > > > investigation by myself right now so I'd be glad to receive a brief > > > answer from someone who has the information. > > >=20 > > > As far as I can see, kernel modules should be built along with the > > > kernel for the only reason of keeping their mutual interfaces in > > > sync, has a source file defining such an interface changed. Is > > > there currently no way to go further and affect a kernel module's > > > built-in features with kernel config file options, besides modifying > > > makefiles in /sys/modules? > > I think this isn't so. I have been already tried to compile some modules > > without compiling kernel and this trye has successful result, but witho= ut > > change options. > > I think modules must be build with same or less imports and same or mor= e export to be correct > > for loading. >=20 > Yeah, it's all right to compile modules w/o the kernel, but that's > not exactly what I was asking about. My question was whether "option > FOO" lines from a kernel configuration file could influence modules. I'm pretty sure they do. A great example is IPFIREWALL_* options: if they don't influence the module, I think we have a problem. ;) A. --=20 Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content=20 in the United States today. - C. Edwin Baker http://www.ad-mad.co.uk/quotes/freespeech.htm --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+ezzdttcWHAnWiGcRAiSwAJ9VguTVLfAKTdLApBeNqYk2j2T6WACfbEeb 32scoLHMccJwCTkYViC2OMQ= =GbHo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KN5l+BnMqAQyZLvT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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