Kenneth Schneider schrieb:
Please clarify: does the "module ext2" belong to Novell or does it belong to "linux"? Do other distros show the same message "module not supported by Novell" or do they put their own distro name in the message. If I were the maintainer of the module I would be offended by this statement.
This stuff isn't configured in the module itself, but in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.unsupported and the module-init-tools. And yes, other distros/vendors don't support all modules either. reiserfs.ko for example isn't supported by a well-known other vendor. There is nothing offensive in this per se because it's not the maintainer, but the vendor which provides the support (and the costs implied by this). The "supported" flag doesn't have a real meaning for openSUSE, but has a meaning for enterprise products because customers can use it to prevent trashing their support contract by loading a module that the vendor does not offer support for. (Not offering support for a module simply means "sorry, offering support for this would be more than what you paid for" and not "the module is bad" or "you shouldn't use it"). ext2 being unsupported is simply a bug, of course it should be supported. Other modules will remain unsupported and users are free to use them anyway. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org