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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:54:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: exporting symbols in kernel only when a module is compiled?
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Shaya Potter wrote:
> 
> So if one statically compiles in ipv6 or doesnt compile it at
> all, its not available to any other modules.

I think the major problem here is, that if you at first doesn't
compile ipv6 at all, and later want to compile it as a module,
it will not work. I think it would be better if choosing a
feature as module or not compiled at all doesn't change anything
in the kernel.

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