[hipl-dev] Re: probing/checking for kernel modules

  • From: Mircea Gherzan <mircea.gherzan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: hipl-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:33:36 +0200

Hi,

Miika Komu <mkomu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HIPL supports multiple linux distributions and OpenWRT is currently the 
> only one not supporting modprobe. So, OpenWRT as the only exception, why 
> not let it handle it's own special circumstances? I'd suggest having an 
> explicit option for not loading modules as it is now. Otherwise, we'll 
> start getting questions like "why doesn't IPsec work in vanilla Ubuntu" 
> on the mailing list...

Since no one has expressed any further opinion on this matter for more than one
week and since Miika provided a solid reason, IMHO we should leave the design
of this feature as it is right now, subject only to minor implementation
improvements.

Cheers,
Mircea

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Dipl.-Ing. Mircea Gherzan

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