On Tue, 1 May 2001, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, May 01, 2001 at 08:03:48PM -0400, jmjonesat_private wrote: > > I know what you're going to say "apple pie and mom"... but the fact is, > > the documentation follows the code, which responds to the documentation, > > which follows the code. There need not be a "great" divergence, if the > > effort is truely cooperative. > > True. I welcome this. Thanks. > > > Um, possibly, but that, in my world, is the job of the "Systems Analyst", > > and I think every programmer should strive to perfect his/her art to the > > point where he/she can move up to System Analyst or System Administrator. > > Ok, I'm not going to talk about how systems like this are set up for > failure, how they don't work, and how much they belittle the actual art > of writing code. That discussion is very much off topic for this list. Arguable, but, you're right... not for this list. All I can offer is: "It Works For Me". > > > Okay, I stand corrected, but a loadable module DOES provide a means of > > extending the kernel to provide other functionality without actually > > touching the Kernel proper. Not So? > > Yes, that is true. I guess it depends on where you see the "kernel > proper" ending. Remember Linux is a monolithic kernel, it's all "proper" :) > Agreed. I think of the "Kernel" as what's compiled when I make config make dep make make install anything else, is an "extension." :) > greg k-h > J. Melvin jones |>------------------------------------------------------ || J. MELVIN JONES jmjonesat_private |>------------------------------------------------------ || Microcomputer Systems Consultant || Software Developer || Web Site Design, Hosting, and Administration || Network and Systems Administration |>------------------------------------------------------ || http://www.jmjones.com/ |>------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ linux-security-module mailing list linux-security-moduleat_private http://mail.wirex.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-security-module
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