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by **Benito Hor** » Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:00:00

will there ever be a novel NLM type module setup for linux in the plans?
it would be nice to be able to unload and load modules like TCP/IP,
network drivers etc via Re-entrant module technology. is this in the
works for a future linux? linux 2.0

by **Uwe Bonn** » Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:00:00

: will there ever be a novel NLM type module setup for linux in the plans?
: it would be nice to be able to unload and load modules like TCP/IP,
: network drivers etc via Re-entrant module technology. is this in the
: works for a future linux? linux 2.0
:
module?
elektron:~/tmp> man -k module
depmod, modprobe (1) - Handle loadable modules automatically
get_kernel_syms, create_module, init_module, delete_module (2) - Loadable module
support
insmod (1) - Install loadable modules (aout and ELF format)
lsmod (1) - Shows the loaded modules.
rmmod (1) - Unload loadable modules
Or what do you mean?
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by **Alan C** » Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>it would be nice to be able to unload and load modules like TCP/IP,
>network drivers etc via Re-entrant module technology. is this in the
>works for a future linux? linux 2.0

Linux 1.2 has many loadable network drivers, 1.3.x almost all the net
drivers are dynamically loadable but not yet protocol stacks.

Alan

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by **Joel Ka** » Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:00:00

Quote:>will there ever be a novel NLM type module setup for linux in the plans?
>it would be nice to be able to unload and load modules like TCP/IP,
>network drivers etc via Re-entrant module technology. is this in the
>works for a future linux? linux 2.0

Similar capability has been in Linux for a long time. We have
insmod, rmmod, and lsmod. You can compile kernel code into a .o file and
install it with insmod. Their is support for initialization code, cleanup
code, and a reference count to prevent the module from being removed
while in use.

Newer efforts include dependencies between modules and even
automatic insertion/removal on demand.

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