Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:52:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:52:35 -0400 Received: from [213.4.129.129] ([213.4.129.129]:59226 "EHLO tsmtp7.mail.isp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:52:34 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 21:57:18 +0200 From: Diego Calleja To: Bill Davidsen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OKS] Module removal Message-Id: <20020701215718.7762962f.diegocg@teleline.es> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 18 On Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:48:55 -0400 (EDT) Bill Davidsen escribi?: > Having read some notes on the Ottawa Kernel Summit, I'd like to offer > some comments on points raied. > > The suggestion was made that kernel module removal be depreciated or > removed. I'd like to note that there are two common uses for this > capability, and the problems addressed by module removal should be > kept in mind. These are in addition to the PCMCIA issue raised. And why people wants to remove this nice feature? Only because they don't use it, or there's a more profund reason? - 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/