policy on GPL'd drivers?

[Narvi]

On Tue, 27 May 2003, Scott Long wrote:

> Q wrote:
> > I have been burnt by this in the past also. I think that it would be
> > useful if you could allow kernel modules to be bound to a particular
> > kernel "version/date/whatever", and have external modules refuse to load
> > and/or complain if the kernel is upgraded. This should prevent
> > unnecessary kernel panics when you upgrade. The Linux kernel has been
> > doing this for years.
> >
> > Seeya...Q
> >
>
> For the love of god, no!  This creates a support nightmare.  What
> happens when a user installs his system and recompiles the kernel
> without changing the source at all?  His modules won't work, but
> there is no reason why they shouldn't.  What if one of those now
> non-working modules is a driver for his hard drive?

if you didn't change the code, no change to version => modules continue to
work?

>
> Scott
>