> Richard Wackerbarth wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> > > : However, I consider your SMP changes VERY destablizing; they BREAK
> > > : lots of modules :-(
> > >
> > > Huh? No they don't. They simply require recompiling the modules. If
> > > they actually broke the modules I wouldn't be trying to MFC it to
> > > -stable.
> >
> > >From the USER's perspective, anything that requires me to as much as reload
> > a module/program that I have already installed "breaks" it.
> > The fact that it is only necessary to recompile it in order to fix it only
> > means that it is easy to fix IF I have the source code.
>
> I don't think it was ever recommended that you upgrade your kernel
> without upgrading and rebuilding the modules (better still, world) at
> the same time. So this wouldn't really have an adverse effect, would it?
>
I believe that it depends on what changes were made since the last
recompile, although it is good practice to at least recompile the modules
when the kernel is recompiled.
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