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Date:      Thu, 27 Dec 2001 09:25:10 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.pp.ru>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: buggy gif in 4.4-STABLE (2 November 2001)
Message-ID:  <20011227092510.C27331@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <3C260C45.895B543C@grosbein.pp.ru>; from eugen@grosbein.pp.ru on Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 11:54:29PM %2B0700
References:  <20011221143743.A68938@svzserv.kemerovo.su> <20011221111514.A30629@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <3C260C45.895B543C@grosbein.pp.ru>

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On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 11:54:29PM +0700, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
> Brooks Davis wrote:
>=20
> > > 1. It is impossible to kldload if_gif.ko when kernel was compiled wit=
hout IPv6.
> >=20
> > If you're building a custom kernel you should compile in your devices.
>=20
> This is what I generally do. But often it's impossible to predict
> what will be nessesary later and it's undesirable to include all possible
> features into production kernel :)
> My kernel runs with securelevel=3D2 and integration of gif was a bit pain=
ful.
> Aren't kernel modules designed for similar situation?

Absolutly not.  You can't load modules at securelevel>0.

The fact that the modules really only work with generic is a bug, but
it's not going to be fixed in stable, so you'll just have to deal with
it.

-- Brooks

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