Ok! I'm done with the rewrite of depmod and modprobe compleatly.
The last problems I mentioned are gone now:
1. depmod is strictly using libobj.a for the reading of object files...
2. the path configuration command is reimplemented again.
3. unloading should be reliable now. I'm only trying to unload wht's not
in use.
4. spelling check's.
Please include it into the official version of the modutils next time.
Thank's in advance.
For the convennience I'm putting this together with the most current
modutils-970104 FROM You at the following (usuall) place:
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/Motified
All the other programms therein from Yours modutils-979194 worked fine
for me. The patch for linux-2.1.20 included in Your's version worked out of
the box too. The only minor things I have added to it is the reboot Oops
patch for the i386 arch and a patch for the ftape driver wich is allowing
it to cowork with the new modules interface.
Have fun!
Marcin
PS. Is there any simple way to put some magic number in front of an
object file containing a module ?