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Date:      Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:13:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_linker.c src/sys/boot/common    help.common loader.8 module.c
Message-ID:  <20030304211045.W15443@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030304220600.GB73366@sunbay.com>
References:  <200303032253.h23MrZ4F038178@repoman.freebsd.org>    <20030304005242.GA38799@dragon.nuxi.com>    <20030304092528.GA76504@sunbay.com> <20030304174544.GB40822@dragon.nuxi.com> <20030304220600.GB73366@sunbay.com>

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:

> Seriously, do you have an example of a working 4.x module running
> under the 5.0-RELEASE or later kernel?
>
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Ruslan Ermilov		Sysadmin and DBA,

And even if there was one, the fact is that 5.0 requires many changes.
If a 3rd party kernel module fails to load, the user can presumably debug
that _very_ easily, and will say "oops, I didn't read the docs".  If a 4.x
module causes a panic, the user will just swear at how crappy FreeBSD is.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack

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