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OpenBSD Drops Support For Loadable Kernel Modules

Posted by Soulskill on from the loadable-kernel-modules-have-had-it-too-good-for-too-long dept.

jones_supa writes: The OpenBSD developers have decided to remove support for loadable kernel modules from the BSD distribution's next release. Several commits earlier this month stripped out the loadable kernel modules support. Phoronix's Michael Larabel has not yet found an official reason for the decision to drop support. He wagers that it is due to security or code quality/openness ideals.

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  1. If they're doing it, it's correct. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As far as I'm concerned, the OpenBSD developers are as close to infallable as software developers could ever hope to get.

    If they've decided to do this, then it's just the correct thing to be doing.

    1. Re:If they're doing it, it's correct. by ZorkZero · · Score: 5, Funny

      That sound you just heard in the distance? The puckering of a million Linux fanboys' butts.

  2. Code compression by Theovon · · Score: 3, Funny

    The OpenBSD developers are so awesome that they've found a magical way to make modules unnecessary: Magical code compression with zero runtime overhead. As a result of this new approach, every possible kernel module (including ones that haven't been written yet) is stored in less space than an otherwise completely stripped kernel from the prior revision.

  3. Re:Phoronix, why? by NoImNotNineVolt · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well that's no fair, you must've RTFA!

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