Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names

From: andersg@0x63.nu
Date: Fri Nov 09 2001 - 17:23:43 EST

Next message: Rik van Riel: "Re: Disk Performance"
Previous message: George Greer: "Re: [PATCH] Adding KERN_INFO to some printks #2"
In reply to: Keith Owens: "Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names"
Next in thread: Keith Owens: "Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names"
Reply: Keith Owens: "Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 04:34:00PM +1100, Keith Owens wrote:
> It is not a modutils problem, it is a fixed restriction on the size of
> the uname() fields, modutils just uses what uname -r gives it.

this patch would catch it at compiletime, wouldn't it?

-- 
//anders/g
--- Makefile.orig	Fri Nov  9 23:17:36 2001
+++ Makefile	Fri Nov  9 23:18:25 2001
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 	@mv -f .ver $@
 
 init/version.o: init/version.c include/linux/compile.h include/config/MARKER
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) -DUTS_MACHINE='"$(ARCH)"' -c -o init/version.o init/version.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Werror $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) -DUTS_MACHINE='"$(ARCH)"' -c -o init/version.o init/version.c
 
 init/main.o: init/main.c include/config/MARKER
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_KERNEL) $(PROFILING) -c -o $*.o $<
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Next message: Rik van Riel: "Re: Disk Performance"
Previous message: George Greer: "Re: [PATCH] Adding KERN_INFO to some printks #2"
In reply to: Keith Owens: "Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names"
Next in thread: Keith Owens: "Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names"
Reply: Keith Owens: "Re: Modutils can't handle long kernel names"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Thu Nov 15 2001 - 21:00:23 EST