On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 03:23:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > There is CONFIG_MODVERSIONS which should prevent any module incompatibi=
liti=3D
> > es.
>=20
> It does
Sure.
> So basically you are saying "It exists, but I dont want to use it, however
> I'd like to whine anyway".
>=20
> Modversions is designed to catch all potential compatiblity cases across=
=20
> kernel rebuilds, not just SMP. If you reconfigure/recompile and structs c=
hange
> size it will do its job.
I found modules not loading in spite of being well compatible with the
kernel. Maybe the mechanism works better, now, I didn't check. Do they?
That's why I'd like SMP being stored in the kernel version for the modules
and for the kernel, just like an extraversion. Easy and functional, also
without MODVERSIONS.
Regards,
--=20
Kurt Garloff <garloff@suse.de> Wuppertal, FRG
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