linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

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Message-ID: <20071127213837.GG3406@stusta.de>
Date:	Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:38:37 +0100
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
Cc:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier@...co.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] [1/9] Core module symbol namespaces code and intro.

On Tue, Nov 27, 2007 at 01:15:23PM -0800, Rick Jones wrote:
>> The real problem is that these drivers are not in the upstream kernel.
>>
>> Are there common reasons why these drivers are not upstream?
>
> One might be that upstream has not accepted them.  Anything doing or 
> smelling of TOE comes to mind right away.

Which modules doing or smelling of TOE do work with unmodified vendor 
kernels?

AFAIR TOE was both not a module and required some hooks in the network 
stack, so it's completely outside the scope of this thread.

> rick jones

cu
Adrian

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