| To: | "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] disallow modular IPv6 |
| From: | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Sep 2003 07:32:42 +0100 |
| Cc: | Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>, acme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx, lksctp-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| In-reply-to: | <20030929220916.19c9c90d.davem@redhat.com> |
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| Sender: | netdev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 22:09 -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > For things inside the kernel, what ipv6 is doing is completely legal. > Changing your config setting in any way in the main kernel tree can > change just about anything else in the kernel, including the layout > of structures. With boolean options that's fair enough. But changing any config option from 'n' to 'm' should not change anything in the main kernel. To do so is confusing and should be considered broken, as Adrian says. -- dwmw2 |
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