Re: Out-of-tree kernel module popularity
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 01:44:03AM +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote:
> > 25 ieee80211 109
> > 61 ieee80211softmac 14
Merged and deprecated by mac80211.
> > 14 zaptel 295
> Not really considered for inclusion by upstream, yet.
Not possible to merge in the current state.
> > 2 ndiswrapper 1484
> Present in Debian, not considered by mainline for inclusion.
Upstream Linux even taints itself if a module called "ndiswrapper" is
loaded.
> > 12 kvm 337
> Already present in mainline but lags a bit hence the need for a -source
> package.
Why?
> > 76 btsco 7
> > 148 bluetooth-alsa 1
> Deprecated in favor of userspace alsa plugin.
Hmm, the userspace alsa plugin is also called bluetooth-alsa and needs a
sco fix not yet submitted.
> > 6 openafs 614
Root-kit aka system call table modifications.
> > 34 thinkpad 54
The acpi support?
> > 41 virtualbox 45
> > 17 virtualbox-ose 258
Builds to a over 1 MiB large module. This does not look minimal to me.
> > 13 loop-aes 305
Deprecated by dm-crypt.
> > 24 sl-modem 119
non-free, blob
> > 27 pwc 84
Merged.
> > 48 tidev 22
USB_SERIAL_TI?
> > 52 openswan 17
Deprecated in favor of XFRM based ipsec support.
> > 54 redhat-cluster 17
gfs2 and corresponding dlm is merged. Legacy support only.
> > 68 qla2x00 10
SCSI_QLA_FC?
> > 87 linux-iscsi 4
Long merged.
> > 90 lustre 4
Patches core vfs code.
Bastian
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