On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:30:06PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 9:21 PM Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:19:22PM +0800, Yafang Shao wrote: > > > > Given that the Linux kernel officially supports out-of-tree modules, > > > > > > It does not officially support them as a first class entity. > > > > But out-of-tree modules are still a supported entity by the Linux > > kernel, correct? > > They are not supported, and any support request that includes them is > typically rejected. > > > > It adds overhead > > > > Could you please explain what overhead this might introduce? > > It adds code that needs to be maintained and which is built into every > kernel. > > > > > > to the kernel just for leechers like you that don't > > > actually contibute their code upstream. That's always a bad idea. > > > > I am not the GPU vendor, so I am unable to upstream the relevant code > > myself. > > Well, that's not the kernels problem. > > > By the way, here is a record of my contributions to the Linux kernel > > over the past few years: > > Why would that matter? You don't get a wild card to do things otherwise > rejected because you contributed something before.
Could you please explain why I am being characterized as a "leecher"? -- Regards Yafang
