runtime control.c

Frank Ch. Eigler fche@redhat.com
Tue Jul 5 19:42:00 GMT 2005


Hi -

hunt wrote:
> [...]
> Why would we not distribute relayfs.ko and stp-control.ko as part of the
> systemtap rpm? There is no reason to have the translator compile them.

Because kernel versions change - upgrades happen, making those .ko's
obsolete.  It would be best not to have to upgrade systemtap every
time a kernel update goes out.

- FChE
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