Re: modular nfsd requires kernel changes on sh, sparc64, x86_64

[Andi Kleen]

On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 06:34:44PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> Compiling and inserting a module into the currently running kernel 
> should work without needing a reboot.
> 
> For nfsd this seems to work everywhere except on the sh, sparc64 
> and x86_64 architectures where adding the nfsd module changes 
> non-modular kernel code (checked in 2.6.4-mm1):

Ideally if you want to do that I would suggest you move the nfsd
emulation layer into nfsd itself (compat_nfsservctl) and let
it be called using a stub like the normal modular sys_nfsservctl

-Andi
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