On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:41:49 -0500, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:37:04 -0500, Walter Hurry <walterhu...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> One thing (welcome, but puzzling) which surprised me was that my >> vboxguest.ko did *not* need to be recompiled. How did the upgrade >> manage that? > > FreeBSD has a stable ABI unlike Linux. A kernel module compiled for any > 9.x release should work on any other 9.x release without needing to be > recompiled.
Ah right, thanks. I am indeed a refugee fom Linux <ducks for cover>. _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
