Re: Modular Kernel Security

Tim Ricketts (tr@oxlug.org)
Sun, 22 Aug 1999 15:09:01 +0100 (GMT)


On Sat, 14 Aug 1999, Mike wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Marc Mutz wrote:
>
> > Mike wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Marc Mutz wrote:
> > >
> > > > > AFAIK cipe (encripted IP tunneling) only comes as modules.
> > > > >
> > > > Just checked: CIPE can only be included in the kernel, not compiled as
> > > > module (says make xconfig). This is with patch int-2.2.10-4.
> > > >
> > > Yes, but try compiling it - it creates a module when you say 'Y' to the
> > > option in menuconfig
> > >
> > What, w/o enabling 'loadable module support'? That should be considered
> > a bug, shouldn't it? I'll write to Alexander and check...
> >
> Ah. Don't know without loadable module support. With loadable module
> support, 'Y' gives you a module, which in itself might be a bug.

>From a brief look at the last version of the international patch I've got,
I'd expect that if you don't have module support, (menu|x)?config will let
you say y, but nothing will be compiled:
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CIPE),y)
+MOD_SUB_DIRS += cipe

I'm using cipe 1.3.0 now, which, AFAIK, isn't in the international patch
yet.

-- 
Tim
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