In message <20020711025503.GB5973@conectiva.com.br> you write:
> Em Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 12:48:30PM +1000, Rusty Russell escreveu:
> > On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 10:24:11 -0700
> > "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com> wrote:
> > > smaller ones, in the case where there is substantial code that is not
> > > needed for some configurations.
> >
> > For God's sake, WHY? Look at what you're doing to your TLB (and if you
> > made IPv4 a removable module, I'll bet real money you have a bug unless
> > you are *very* *very* clever).
> >
> > Modules are not "free". Sorry.
>
> What about Andi Kleen patch to not use vmalloc (well, vmalloc is used as a
> fallback) when loading modules but instead use big pages? It is being
> integrated in 2.4.20-pre, IIRC. IIRC with that there is still some issues, so
> for enlightening the audience here, could you share your view on that patch?
8)
Sure, but there was no indication that Adam was using such a patch 8)
> And for _debugging_ IPv4 maybe the modularisation, if Adam was clever, could
> help somewhat.
Definitely. For debugging purposes, you don't need reference
counting: when the hacker says "remove it", you remove it. 8)
Cheers,
Rusty.
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