Talk:Loadable kernel module

This article contains mostly general info about LKM and i don't think it needs to be Linux-specific. Linux is OK as an example, though. ~~helix84 15:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So:

add more Technical details on this page
use the data inside this article on a generalistic module page

00 tux 01:17, 29 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

KLM or LKM ?

I have heard of LKMs referred-to as KLMs (Kernel Loadable Modules). Is this common usage? Should the KLM initialism also be captured here? ppblais 13:23, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

explain the "loadable"! how is a module loaded an unloaded

I tagged the article as needing cleanup, for several reasons, including what helix84 already mentioned. 70.224.53.241 00:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rebuilding in Windows

Just wondering, about the rebooting, I didn't know that the kernel in Windows has to be rebuilt before rebooting -- is this true? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.39.136.51 (talk) 12:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Symbol?

The Linux maintainers tolerate the distribution of proprietary modules, but allow symbols to be marked as only available to GPL modules.

What is a symbol? --Abdull 11:00, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Detail on loading

The current article seems to provide little detail on the actual process of loading and unloading LKMs. Can anyone provide more information on this, even if it has to be OS-specific? « Aaron Rotenberg « Talk « 05:35, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Real nature of "tainting"?

Isn't there a category of code that is "open" (in the sense of publicly disclosed) but still "proprietary" (copyrighted or otherwise legally controlled)? Are maintainers put off only by the inability to read the source code, or is there also an issue of tainted "free-ness?" Mrnatural (talk) 19:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]