On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 06:43:27PM +0000, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > 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. Is this a joke? I've never met anybody who builds OOT modules as a development aid... On the other hand I know of several very popular distros (some paid, some not) who rely on allowing users/partners to build OOT modules as part of their ecosystem. To say it's not supported is a farce. -- Josh
