USB, etc [was: Re: USB Burner on SuSE 8.2]
Jonathan Hutchins
hutchins at tarcanfel.org
Tue Nov 18 00:18:19 CST 2003
On Monday 17 November 2003 02:29 pm, Brian Densmore wrote:
> If you apply patches to the kernel it is possible
> to break a formerly working module by overwriting it with a buggy
> module. Or alternatively overwrite a distro tweaked module with a
> stock module.
Also possible that the patch addresses the same thing as a dynamic module,
leading to potential conflicts. Many HOWTO's tell you to start off by
recompiling the kernel and/or patching it, but usually there's a module
available that makes that unnecessary. The HOWTO's have gotten better about
it, but it's still prevalent in developer-land.
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