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Re: ipv4.o module

To: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ipv4.o module
From: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 23:46:15 +0200
Cc: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <Pine.GSO.4.30.0203111308350.26431-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from hadi@xxxxxxxxxx on Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:12:17PM -0500
References: <20020310042603.H10704@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <Pine.GSO.4.30.0203111308350.26431-100000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:12:17PM -0500, jamal wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Have you thought of the pandora box this opens?

  Nothing new.

> Imagine someone running a BSD IP module to replace the
> Linux one (and of course many proprietary others).
> The question is more philosophical than technical:
>   Is this a Good Thing(tm)?

 You can do that already.  You just DON'T define  CONFIG_INET,
 and you will have room for plugging in your own IPv4 stack.

> cheers,
> jamal

/Matti Aarnio

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