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Re: ipv4.o module

To: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: ipv4.o module
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:41:11 -0500
Cc: Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>>> "jamal" == jamal  <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    jamal> Have you thought of the pandora box this opens?
    jamal> Imagine someone running a BSD IP module to replace the
    jamal> Linux one (and of course many proprietary others).

  Or, running the Linux one on BSD :-)

    jamal> The question is more philosophical than technical: Is this a Good
    jamal> Thing(tm)?

  I think it would be very useful for people building very small systems to
be able to load only UDP/IP or UDP/IPv6+IPsec or something.... e.g. for a
water meter. and to do this from secondary flash instead of primary boot.

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