On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Matthias Drochner wrote:

> There are a lot of problems with lkm's in general and loadable
> device drivers in particular which make me consider this
> usable for people who "know what they are doing" only.
> What comes to mind:
> -The kernel lacks modularity at some places, there are
>   "#ifdef"s scattered in the code which prevent lkm's from
>   working. (example: union fs)

Well, if you really want them, I've got changes that remove the need for
#ifdef UNIONFS - they've been submittd as PR#kern/2950 but no word on
whether or not they'll ever be integrated.

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