Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility

[Kenneth Wayne Culver]

> On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Kenneth Wayne Culver wrote:
> 
> > > I don't think it was ever recommended that you upgrade your kernel
> > > without upgrading and rebuilding the modules (better still, world) at
> > > the same time. So this wouldn't really have an adverse effect, would it?
> >
> > I believe that it depends on what changes were made since the last
> > recompile, although it is good practice to at least recompile the modules
> > when the kernel is recompiled.
> 
> On a released system, I may not have the sources to recompile the module.
> It might be a proprietary module that I got with the hardware, for example.
> That is why STABLE INTERFACES are so IMPORTANT to USERS.

Yeah, I understand that. I was talking about -current.


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