Subject: ipf and lkm
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Wenchi Liao <wliao@midway.uchicago.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/16/1999 17:12:02
I'm rebuilding the ipf suite of stuff. The home page of ipf
has a blurb about using ipf as a module when possible is
preferable. So:
1) If I build it as a lkm, do I have to rebuild the kernel
without IPFILTER or anything? IE, could there be a conflict
if ipf is in the kernel, as well as a module?
2) I understand the general advantages of a module as
opposed to being in the kernel ``for real.'' Are there any
specific reasons why lkm is better? especially since the
module would be ``always on?''
WL