>>>>> "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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