Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262817AbTI2GcZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:32:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262827AbTI2GcZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:32:25 -0400 Received: from netcore.fi ([193.94.160.1]:29701 "EHLO netcore.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262817AbTI2GcY (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Sep 2003 02:32:24 -0400 Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:29:19 +0300 (EEST) From: Pekka Savola To: Adrian Bunk cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com, , , Subject: Re: RFC: [2.6 patch] disallow modular IPv6 In-Reply-To: <20030928225941.GW15338@fs.tum.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Adrian Bunk wrote: > It seems modular IPv6 doesn't work 100% reliable, e.g. after looking at > the code it doesn't seem to be a good idea to compile a kernel without > IPv6 support and later build and install IPv6 modules. Is there a great > need for modular IPv6 or is the patch below to disallow modular IPv6 OK? IPv6 modularity is critical for all the Linux distributions who wish to give the users the possibility to turn on IPv6 if they wish, but turning it on by default for everybody is not realistic. IMHO, making it non-modular is *NOT* an option. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/