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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:47:35 -0700
"C. Brewer" <cbrewer@stealthaccess.net> wrote:

> Truly, it's too bad that external kernel modules couldn't be less
> dependent on  the version of the kernel they need to run on, and put
> them in a separate  place entirely, to be called by any kernel:(


Well that would require a microkernel architecture, which Linux is not. 
Linux is a macrokernel with support for separate parts, but a module is
extremely tied to the internals of the kernel, and unless Linus has a
big change of mind, it won't change from this either.


//Spider

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