On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 12:38:56PM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote: > On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 06:02:15PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > Please don't add all this garbage. We only add infrastructure to the > > kernel for what the kernel itself needs, not for weird out of tree > > infrastructure. > > This isn't new, the kernel already has the infrastructure for building > out-of-tree modules. It's widely used. Are you suggesting we remove > it? Good luck with that... > > Either it should be supported, or not. Make the case either way. But I > can't understand why people are advocating to leave it half-broken. It is not support as any kind of interface. It is a little aid for local development. Adding any kond of complexities for out of tree modules is a complete no-go.
