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Subject: Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]
To: jas88@cam.ac.uk (James A. Sutherland)
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> > eth0	pegasus
> > nopersist eth0
> > post-install eth0 /usr/local/sbin/my-dhcp-stuff
> 
> So, in short, this is already done perfectly well in userspace without some
> sort of Registry-style kernelside hack?

Thats the idea. Once the rmmod code can read back values the cycle is complete
and the kernel doesnt care

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