Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility

[Jacques A . Vidrine]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 09:27:04AM -0500, Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> On a released system, I may not have the sources to recompile the module.
> It might be a proprietary module that I got with the hardware, for example.

How real is this?  What modules are we talking about?  The last time
I queried on `-stable' for users of third-party modules, only one was
revealed.

Are all modules effected, or only those that use certain interfaces?

> That is why STABLE INTERFACES are so IMPORTANT to USERS.

Agreed.
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